Center for Food Safety announces it will pursue all available legal options to stop commercialization Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2014. Center for Food Safety today condemned the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to fully deregulate Dow Chemical’s Enlist corn and soybeans, genetically engineered to withstand repeated spraying of the herbicide[Read More…]
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City Of Chicago Ranked Number One In Green Purchasing Award
Office Depot declares Chicago number one green purchaser in the country through 2013 Office Depot Green Purchasing Program CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2014. The City of Chicago today was honored by Office Depot in Boca Raton, Florida for being number one in green purchasing. Thousands of local governments are evaluated as contenders[Read More…]
Nurses Arrange Huge Donation of 1,000 Hazmat Suits For RNs, Health Workers Fighting Ebola
Healthcare workers in Western Africa struggle with a lack of adequate protective equipment. Photo credit: © EC/ECHO Silver Spring, Marylandf–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2014. National Nurses United today announced that it has received a major donation from Kappler Incorporated, an Alabama-based garment manufacturer, of 1,000 Hazmat special protective suits for embattled nurses,[Read More…]
Statement by Representative Jan Schakowsky on President Obama’s Actions to Address the Ebola Outbreak
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2014. President Barack Obama spoke yesterday about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. The strategy has four key goals to address the epidemic: Controlling the epidemic at its source in West Africa; Mitigating second-order impacts, including blunting the[Read More…]
DuPont Pays $1.9 Million Penalty to EPA, Fails to Disclose Data on Pesticide Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Septemer 17, 2014. DuPont agreed to pay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) $1.853 million to settle charges from the agency that the chemical giant’s herbicide product ImprelisTM was responsible for killing and damaging thousands of acres of spruce and pine trees in 2011. On Monday, EPA filed a[Read More…]
Dr. Cart Hart’s TED Talk Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs
Award-Winning Author of High Price Shares Insights from his Remarkable Personal Journey and Career as a Scientist NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2014. Carl Hart, PhD, a neuroscientist and associate professor of psychology and psychiatry at Columbia University, recently gave a compelling TEDMED Talk in which he dispelled the myths about drugs, drug[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on the Ebola Outbreak, Sept. 16, 2014
Atlanta, Georgia–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2014 – 4:01 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Please be seated. I want to thank Dr. Frieden and everybody here at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for welcoming me here today. Tom and his team just gave me an update on the Ebola[Read More…]
Senators Durbin, Risch Announce Senate National Laboratory Caucus During First Ever National Lab Day on Capitol Hill
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined Sen. Jim Risch and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, during the first annual National Laboratory Day on Capitol Hill, to announces the formation of the National Laboratory Caucus. The caucus will aim to highlight how the national labs help meet the innovation, economic growth,[Read More…]
Illinois Recognizes Adult Day Service Providers During Awareness Week from September 14th to 20th
Observance highlights services that offer support & independence to seniors SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2014. In observance of Adult Day Services week Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA) Director John K. Holton, Ph.D., is praising providers who offer support services at Adult Day Centers. Adult Day Service (ADS) is designed for older[Read More…]
U.S. Settlement with Michigan Utility to Reduce Emissions at Its Coal-Fired Power Plants, Fund Projects to Benefit Environment and Communities
Company Estimates Upgrades Will Cost Approximately $1 Billion Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 16, 2014. In a settlement with the United States, Consumers Energy, a subsidiary of CMS Energy Corporation, has agreed to install pollution control technology, continue operating existing pollution controls and comply with emission rates to reduce harmful air pollution from[Read More…]
