Project Access is Second Syringe Access Program in the State to Distribute the Life-Saving Overdose Antidote—First in North Jersey; Advocates and Family Members Who Lost Loved Ones to Overdose Applaud Important Step in Implementation of Overdose Prevention Act Trenton—(ENEWSPF)—November 13, 2014. On Tuesday, November 18th Project Access, the Sterile Syringe[Read More…]
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EPA, MDEQ and UP Officials Celebrate Removal of Lake Superior Area of Concern from Binational List of Toxic Hotspots
Ishpeming, Michigan—(ENEWSPF)—November 13, 2014 – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator/Great Lakes National Program Manager Susan Hedman today joined Ishpeming Mayor Mike Tall, state officials and local residents at Deer Lake in Ishpeming, Michigan, to mark the removal of this toxic hotspot from a binational list of “Areas of[Read More…]
Touchdown! Rosetta’s Philae Probe Lands on Comet
This image of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko was taken by the Philae lander of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission during Philae’s descent toward the comet on Nov. 12, 2014. Philae’s ROLIS camera took the image from a distance of approximately two miles (three kilometers) from the surface. Image Credit: ESA/Rosetta/Philae/DLR Farewell[Read More…]
U.S. and China Just Announced Important New Actions to Reduce Carbon Pollution
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2014. Today in Beijing, President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping made history by jointly announcing the United States’ and China’s respective targets for reducing the greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change in the post-2020 period. This announcement is a unique development in the U.S.-China relationship. The[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders Aid Worker Recovers from Ebola
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–November 11, 2014. A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) physician who was infected with Ebola Virus Disease was released today from HHC Bellevue Hospital Center. Dr. Craig Spencer contracted the virus while on assignment in the West African country of Guinea. Following confirmation of test results by the[Read More…]
West Africa ‘On Brink’ of Major Food Crisis in Wake of Ebola Outbreak – UN Expert
Market stalls with little farm produce due to restrictions in movement in Ebola-affected Kolahun City, Lofa County, Liberia. Photo: FAO Liberia GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–11 November 2014 – As Ebola continues to ravage West Africa, leaving more than 4,000 people dead, the region is now on the brink of a major food crisis,[Read More…]
Laundry Detergent Pods Can Be a Serious Poisoning Risk in Children
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 11, 2014. According to a study in the December 2014 issue of Pediatrics, “Pediatric Exposure to Laundry Detergent Pods,” (published online Nov. 10), 17,230 children under the age of 6 were exposed to laundry detergent pods from 2012 through 2013. The most common route of exposure[Read More…]
Study Examines Patterns of Obesity Between Childhood and Adolescence
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 11, 2014. The effects of childhood obesity can stretch into the teen years, but little is known about how body mass index (BMI) is related to other changes taking place as children enter adolescence. In the study, “Changes in Obesity Between Fifth and Tenth Grades: A[Read More…]
Herbicide-Induced Erosion Releases Banned Pesticides in Sediment
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 11, 2014. An international team of scientists has uncovered a new mechanism through which long-banned pesticides such as DDT may reemerge in our environment. Although a number of more recent studies have focused on the role that climate change is playing in the movement of older toxic chemicals,[Read More…]
Ebola: Reported Denial of Medical Care on Ships from West Africa Draws UN Concern
Photo: WHO/C. Banluta GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–10 November 2014 – United Nations and other leading international transport, trade and tourism organizations today expressed concern about the report denial of medical care for ill seafarers on board ships that had previously called at ports in Ebola-affected countries. In a statement, the Travel and Transport[Read More…]
