Call Threats of Financial Sanctions If Lawsuit Is Filed Over Global Expansion “Bullying” NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014. A coalition of community and environmental organizations today criticized the Cuomo administration’s threat to seek financial sanctions against tenants of a public housing project and environmental groups if they file a lawsuit challenging[Read More…]
Science
Study Finds 11 Percent of Children Surveyed at 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing Likely Developed PTSD
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. Research has documented the psychosocial toll of terrorism on young people, but most of that work has focused on large-scale attacks like Sept. 11. A new study in the July 2014 Pediatrics, “Adjustment Among Area Youth After the Boston Marathon Bombing and Subsequent Manhunt,”[Read More…]
E-Cigarette Advertising to Young Adults Jumps 321 Percent
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. In the absence of the kind of federal regulations that apply to tobacco cigarettes, advertising for e-cigarettes has increased dramatically in the U.S. in the past several years, especially during programs most likely to be watched by adolescents and young adults, according to a[Read More…]
Northwestern Medicine Helps Parkinson’s Patients Fight Back
Support group turns to boxing to help caregivers, those fighting disease stay active CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014. Sometimes a left hook is just what the doctor ordered.Paula Weiner, for one, is looking forward to finding out. The Chicago resident was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease three years ago when she noticed a[Read More…]
EPA Rule on Treated Seeds Challenged, Activists Tell Lowe’s to Stop Selling Neonics
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014. In a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) challenged EPA’s position that seeds coated with pesticides, commonly neonicotinoid pesticides, are exempt from regulation under the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA currently[Read More…]
Power Africa’s Beyond the Grid Increasing Access through Small- Scale Energy Solutions
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014. Today, the U.S. Government is formally launching an innovative framework under President Obama’s Power Africa initiative to increase energy access for underserved populations across sub-Saharan Africa. Over an initial five year period, Beyond the Grid will leverage partnerships with 27 investors and practitioners committing to invest[Read More…]
MyPocketNurse Wins Grand Prize at Chicago Health 2.0 Spring Conference and Make-a-thon
Winner Will Demonstrate Concept at Health DatapaloozaTM Today in Washington, D.C. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014. It was a day brimming with innovation, excitement and interaction around creative solutions to everyday health care problems as Chicago Health 2.0 hosted its “Make-a-thon” competition at their 2014 Spring Conference. The event focused on innovation[Read More…]
Medical Marijuana Patients, Caregivers, and Physicians Outraged as Governor Cuomo Proposes Leaving Patients Behind
Comprehensive Legislation is Needed to Relieve Suffering in New York; Research Should Augment, Not Replace, Legislative Solution; Strong Statements from Patients, Caregivers and Physicians Calling on Governor to Support Compassionate Care Act NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. Today, the Buffalo News reported on an agreement with Britain-based GW Pharmaceuticals to pursue[Read More…]
Groups Call on Ecover and Method to Drop Extreme Genetic Engineering Plans
Consumer, environmental, farming groups say synthetic biology is not natural or sustainable Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014. In an open letter released today, 17 national and international consumer, environmental, women’s health and farming groups called on leading “natural” cleaning and personal care products manufacturer Ecover and its U.S.-based subsidiary, Method Products[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Statement on EPA Climate Announcement
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new rules to cut carbon pollution from power plants: “Climate change is no longer a distant hypothetical — it is here now. It is already waging an assault on Oregon’s natural resources,[Read More…]
