Portland, Ore.—(ENEWSPF)—February 13, 2015. On behalf of a diverse national coalition, including conservation, commercial fishing and private property owners, the Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) and Sierra Club submitted comments today to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) opposing what would become the first gas export terminal on the West[Read More…]
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FDA Approves Lenvima for a Type of Thyroid Cancer
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted approval to Lenvima (lenvatinib) to treat patients with progressive, differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) whose disease progressed despite receiving radioactive iodine therapy (radioactive iodine refractory disease). The most common type of thyroid cancer, DTC is a cancerous growth[Read More…]
New Data Shows Test Can Help Physicians Remove Patients with Suspected TB From Isolation Earlier
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2015. The FDA today cleared the Cepheid Xpert MTB/RIF Assay to help physicians determine if patients with suspected tuberculosis (TB) can be removed from airborne infection isolation. This expanded use allows healthcare providers to use one or two negative Xpert MTB/RIF Assay test results to help[Read More…]
FDA Permits Marketing of Fecal Incontinence Device for Women
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of the Eclipse System for the treatment of fecal incontinence (FI) in adult women. Fecal incontinence is the inability to control bowel movements and is a common problem, especially among older adults. The most common cause[Read More…]
Advocates Urge FDA to Halt Risky GMO Mosquito Release
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2015. Today, the national advocacy organization Food & Water Watch urged the FDA to prevent the British biotechnology company Oxitec from releasing millions of unregulated GMO mosquitoes in the Florida Keys this spring and to require the company to submit to a formal agency review. GMO mosquitoes are[Read More…]
Chef Colicchio, Activists, Lawmakers Demand Action on GMO Labeling
Sens. Boxer, Blumenthal and Rep. DeFazio Reintroduce Right-to-Know Bill Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2015. Chef Tom Colicchio joined Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) today as they reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would give Americans more information about what’s in their food and how[Read More…]
NCCIH Working Group Recommends Large-Scale Collaborative Research Into Pain Management
Proposed research to focus on nondrug approaches to help active military and veterans Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2015. The feasibility of conducting larger-scale research studies on nondrug approaches for pain management in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) should be assessed[Read More…]
Clean Power Plan Poses No Problems for Electric Reliability, New Report Says
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2015—A new consultants’ report says the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan to cut climate-altering carbon pollution from power plants should pose no problems for maintaining the reliability of the electric grid. The report for the Advanced Energy Economy Institute by the highly respected Brattle Group, issued today, said[Read More…]
Bill Introduced to Protect Oregonians from Forestry Pesticide Use
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2015. Oregon Senator Michael Dembrow (D-Portland) and Representative Ann Liniger (D-Lake Oswego) introduced a bill on Tuesday targeting the loosely regulated aerial pesticide spraying practices of the Oregon timber industry. The bill will establish residential, school, drinking water, and fish habitat buffers zones, require timely notification of[Read More…]
California Legislator Introduces Bill to End Organ Transplant Denials for Medical Marijuana Patients
Americans for Safe Access sponsors bill introduced by Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) to end discriminatory practice Sacramento, CA –(ENEWSPF)—February 12, 2015. California State Assembly member Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) has introduced AB 258, the Medical Cannabis Organ Transplant Act, a bill aimed at preventing medical marijuana patients from being unduly[Read More…]
