Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2015. In a major victory for the environment and health, the Washington state Department of Ecology (Ecology) and oyster growers association agreed to withdraw a permit allowing the use of the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid to control burrowing shrimp in oyster beds in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor. The[Read More…]
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Groups Urge USDA to Launch Thorough Investigation into Scientist Censorship
USDA scientists’ research about bee-killing pesticides compromised WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2015. Environmentalists, beekeepers, farmworkers, farmers, fisheries, and food safety advocates sent a letter to the USDA Inspector General and the co-chairs of the White House Task Force on Pollinator Health today, urging an investigation into recent reports that USDA[Read More…]
Lawsuit Launched to Save Alabama Shad
Dams, Dredging, Pollution Have Caused Massive Declines of Gulf Fish Once Abundant in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa Map by Curt Bradley, Center for Biological Diversity. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2015. The Center for Biological Diversity today sent a formal notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service[Read More…]
Legal Challenge Launched to Speed Recovery of Oregon Coast Coho Salmon
PORTLAND, Ore.—(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2015. The Center for Biological Diversity and Oregon Wild today filed a formal notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service over its failure to develop a recovery plan for Oregon coast coho salmon. Despite the fact that the fish has been protected under the[Read More…]
UN Environmental Chief Warns of ‘Tsunami’ of E-waste at Conference on Chemical Treaties
E-waste. Credit: ITU GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–4 May 2015 – The head of the United Nations body tasked with setting the global environmental agenda today stressed the need to limit the use of dangerous chemicals and to find a solution to the masses of electronic waste building up around the world, as a[Read More…]
USDA Comments to EPA on Neonicotinoid Benefits Reveal USDA’s Flagrant Pro-Pesticide Bias
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2015. Center for Food Safety today challengeda U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) letter countering the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) October, 2014 findings that neonicotinoid insecticides “provide negligible overall benefits to soybean production in most situations” and that most of the existing use on soybean seeds is merely “prophylactic.” The[Read More…]
Study Finds Waning Immunity from TDAP Vaccine in Adolescents
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 4, 2015. Are the increased number of adolescent pertussis cases since 1995 related to waning immunity? Authors of the study, “Tdap Vaccine Effectiveness in Adolescents During the 2012 Washington State Pertussis Epidemic,” appearing in the June 2015 issue of Pediatrics (published online May 4 ) tracked[Read More…]
U.S. Vital Statistics Show Declines in Birth Rates, Infant Mortality
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 4, 2015. The number of births and general fertility rates both declined by 1 percent between 2012 and 2013, according to the Annual Summary of Vital Statistics: 2012-2013. The data presented in this report from the National Center for Health Statistics and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg[Read More…]
Study Points to Possible Treatment for Lethal Pediatric Brain Cancer
NIH-funded preclinical study suggests epigenetic drugs may be used to treat leading cause of pediatric brain cancer death Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2015. Using brain tumor samples collected from children in the United States and Europe, an international team of scientists found that the drug panobinostat and similar gene regulating drugs[Read More…]
Supreme Court to Hear Case That Could Impact the Rise of Clean Energy
Earthjustice statement on the opportunity to secure healthier communities and environment and ensure just and reasonable rates for customers Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 4, 2015. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up a case with enormous practical implications for the rise of clean energy. The ability to turn down[Read More…]
