Public overwhelmingly opposes threat to national treasure The Grand Canyon is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. National Park Service Photo Flagstaff, AZ —(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. Over 200,000 people flooded the U.S. Forest Service with comments over the last month calling for the agency to reject a plan for[Read More…]
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Pyrethroid Pesticide Use Increases Rates of ADHD in Adolescent Boys in New Study
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. Another study has found links between a commonly used household pesticide and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and young teens. Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center found an association between pyrethroid pesticide exposure and ADHD, particularly in terms of hyperactivity and impulsivity. These[Read More…]
Representative Blumenauer Amendment to Lower Barriers to Opioid Addiction Treatment
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2015. As the U.S. House of Representatives considers H.R. 2578, Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) will offer an amendment to ensure that no funds are available to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to enforce inspections of physicians who prescribe buprenorphine – a Schedule III drug[Read More…]
Report On Secretary Kerry’s Surgery from Dr. Dennis Burke, June 2, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015. The following is attributable to Dr. Dennis Burke, Orthopedic Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital and Clinical Instructor in Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School: “This morning Secretary Kerry underwent a surgical procedure to repair his broken femur. The procedure was performed under a regional anesthetic and the Secretary[Read More…]
UN Secretary General Ban to Convene International Ebola Recovery Conference in New York
In Sierra Leone, local health workers plan for the day ahead, as they continue their vigilance against Ebola. Photo: WHO/S. Aranda NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–2 June 2015 – To help mobilize needed resources “in the last mile of the response” against the Ebola outbreak and to start the affected West African countries[Read More…]
Cassini Sends Final Close Views of Odd Moon Hyperion
NASA’s Cassini imaging scientists processed this view of Saturn’s moon Hyperion, taken during a close flyby on May 31, 2015. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Full image and caption Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has returned images from its final close approach to Saturn’s oddball moon Hyperion, upholding the[Read More…]
FDA Regulation to Help Ensure Judicious Use of Antibiotics in Food-producing Animals
Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) final rule issued today Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) final rule, an important piece of the agency’s overall strategy to promote the judicious use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals. This strategy will bring[Read More…]
NRDC: Public is Financing $73 Billion in Coal Development, Report Reveals
Governments, financial institutions worldwide still backing coal-fired power plants and coal mining worsening climate pollution WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015 –International financial institutions and governments worldwide are pouring billions of dollars into building new and existing coal-fired power plants and expanding coal mining – activities that worsen dangerous carbon pollution, according to[Read More…]
Rates of New Melanomas – Deadly Skin Cancers – Have Doubled Over Last Three Decades
Without community skin cancer prevention efforts, melanoma rates will continue to climb Community skin cancer prevention programs can prevent future melanoma cases and decrease treatment costs.Entire Infographic Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015. Melanoma rates doubled between 1982 and 2011 but comprehensive skin cancer prevention programs could prevent 20 percent of new[Read More…]
Coalition of Conservation Groups Seek to Defend Bureau of Land Management’s New Fracking Rules
Groups oppose oil and gas industry and state challenges to new, stronger rules A fracking drill in a Wyoming prairie. Tom Grundy / Shutterstock Denver, CO —(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2015. A coalition of six conservation groups yesterday moved to defend the Bureau of Land Management’s new hydraulic fracturing rules against legal[Read More…]
