Harpooning in space EU–(ENEWSPF)–24 June 2014. Faced with the challenge of capturing tumbling satellites to clear key orbits, ESA is considering turning to an ancient terrestrial technology: the harpoon. Used since the Stone Age, first to spear fish and later to catch whales, the humble harpoon is being looked at[Read More…]
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UC Davis MIND Institute Study Finds Association Between Maternal Exposure to Agricultural Pesticides, Autism in Offspring
SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2014. Pregnant women who lived in close proximity to fields and farms where chemical pesticides were applied experienced a two-thirds increased risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental delay, a study by researchers with the UC Davis MIND Institute has found. The[Read More…]
Close Proximity to Pesticide-Treated Fields Increases Risk of Autism
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2014. Research from the University of California, Davis CHARGE (Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the Environment) study finds that pregnant women who lived within a mile of agricultural fields treated with insecticides are more likely to have their child develop autism. The results of the CHARGE[Read More…]
Study: Habitual Marijuana Smoking Not Associated With Increased Risk Of Lung Cancer
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2014. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Subjects who regularly inhale cannabis smoke possess no greater risk of contracting lung cancer than do those who consume it occasionally or not at all, according to data published online ahead of print in the International Journal of Cancer. An[Read More…]
Senator Durbin: The Fight Against Big Tobacco Isn’t Over Yet
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2014. On the fifth anniversary of the passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) responded to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) announcement that it will further delaying the release of regulations that would expand the agency’s regulatory authority[Read More…]
Senator Kirk Calls for Chinese Cooperation to Stop Flow of Deadly Synthetic Marijuana
O’Hare Becoming Major Hub for Lethal Drug Ravaging Illinois CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2014. As Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport rapidly becomes one of the largest hubs in the world for deadly synthetic marijuana, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today joined representatives of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to detail efforts to stop[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Applauds Designation of Poverty Point in Louisiana as Nation’s 22nd World Heritage Site
Historic Earthworks Dating Back 3,000 Years Tell the Story of Early Inhabitants of North America WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2014. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today applauded the decision by the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to inscribe the prehistoric Monumental Earthworks of Poverty[Read More…]
Million Hearts and Eating-Well Magazine Launch Heart-healthy Nutrition Resource
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2014. The Million Hearts initiative announces the launch of a new Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Resource Center, developed in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Eating-Well magazine. The resource center features lower-sodium, heart-healthy recipes and family-friendly meal plans, with an emphasis on managing[Read More…]
NRDC Poll: Latinos Want the Government to Protect Water From Pollution
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2014— As Senate Republicans try to kill recent steps by the Environmental Protection Agency to protect water supplies, a new poll finds that Latinos in four states overwhelmingly want the federal government to keep our water safe and clean. The survey of Latinos in Colorado, Florida, Illinois and[Read More…]
Supreme Court Reaffirms EPA Authority to Curb Power Plant Carbon Pollution
Clean Air Act Ruling Buttresses President’s Climate Action Plan WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2014 — Building on two prior decisions affirming the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to set carbon pollution standards like those recently proposed for power plants, the Supreme Court today upheld the core of EPA’s associated permitting requirements for new[Read More…]
