UNODC Chief calls number of drug-related deaths worldwide unacceptable; Global opium cultivation highest since the late-1930s GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–26 June 2015 – Drug use prevalence continues to be stable around the world, according to the 2015 World Drug Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). It is estimated[Read More…]
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After Long Fight, Cook County RNs Win New Tentative Pact with Staffing, Economic Improvements
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2015. More than 1,200 registered nurses who work at Cook County hospitals and clinics have, after many months of effort, won a tentative new collective bargaining agreement with county officials that they say addresses many patient care concerns and provides needed economic improvements. RNs must still ratify the[Read More…]
Alarming Decline in Monarch Population Justifies Immediate Action: NRDC Urges UN To Declare Mexican Butterfly Refuge ‘In Danger’
NRDC To Advocate for Monarchs at UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee Session in Bonn WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2015 — Advocates for monarch butterflies are heading to a World Heritage Committee meeting in Bonn, Germany, urging immediate action to increase protections for the migrating monarch butterfly population that spends the winter in Mexico’s[Read More…]
Sierra Club Leads Trip To The Arctic Weeks Before Shell Set To Drill
Keri Russell, Darren Aronofsky, and more To Join Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune San Francisco, CA –(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2015. Today, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune, joined by Academy Award-nominated director Darren Aronofsky, Golden Globe-winning actress Keri Russell, veterans advocates Genevieve Chase and BriGette McCoy, and author Rebecca Solnit[Read More…]
EU To Ban Triclosan, While EPA and FDA Reject Calls for U.S. Ban
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2015. The agency responsible for chemical oversight in the European Union announced today that the antibacterial pesticide, triclosan, is toxic and bioaccumulative, and will be phased-out for hygienic uses and replaced by more suitable alternatives. According to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), “[N]o safe use could be[Read More…]
Costco Members, Fishermen, Environmental and Labor Groups Demand Costco Say No to GMO Salmon
ISSAQUAH, Wash. —(ENEWSPF)—June 26, 2015. A coalition including Community Alliance for Global Justice, fishermen, members of UFCW Local 21 and concerned Costco customers rallied in front of the Costco next door to store headquarters and presented more than 300,000 petition signatures demanding that Costco Wholesale (COST) publicly commit to not[Read More…]
Study: Use Of Vaporizers Mitigates Pulmonary Risks Associated With Cannabis Smoking
Albany, NY–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. The inhalation of cannabis via a vaporizer reduces pulmonary risks associated with smoking the plant, according to a literature review published in the Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy. Vaporization technology heats cannabis to a point where cannabinoid vapors form, but below the point of combustion. “The[Read More…]
Monster Black Hole Wakes After 26 Years
Black hole with stellar companion EU–(ENEWSPF)–25 June 2015. Over the past week, ESA’s Integral satellite has been observing an exceptional outburst of high-energy light produced by a black hole that is devouring material from its stellar companion. X-rays and gamma rays point to some of the most extreme phenomena in[Read More…]
State Court Blocks Kansas Law Criminalizing Doctors for Providing Safe, Common Abortion Method
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. Earlier today, a state court judge blocked a Kansas law banning the most commonly used method of ending a pregnancy in the second trimester—a law that could force some women to undergo an additional invasive unnecessary medical procedure even against the medical judgment of her physician.[Read More…]
New Lawsuit Challenges Three Tennessee Laws that Threaten to Close Abortion Clinics, Force Women to Delay Care
Texas-style clinic shutdown laws would further devastate abortion access in Tennessee, across the South Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a new lawsuit in federal district court today challenging three unconstitutional Tennessee measures designed to close reproductive health care clinics and make abortion harder to obtain.[Read More…]
