WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 4, 2014. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today recognized projects in seven communities as winners of the 2013 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement for their creative, sustainable initiatives that better protect the health and the environment while strengthening local economies. Among the winners are an expansive greenway[Read More…]
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EPA’s 2012 Toxics Release Inventory Shows Air Pollutants Continue to Decline
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 4, 2014. Total releases of toxic chemicals decreased 12 percent from 2011-2012, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) report released today. The decrease includes an eight percent decline in total toxic air releases, primarily due to reductions in hazardous air pollutant (HAP)[Read More…]
Do You Know the Warning Signs of a Heart Attack?
The Illinois Department of Public Health wants everyone to learn the signs of a heart attack during February – American Heart Month SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–February 4, 2014. February is American Heart Month and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is encouraging everyone to learn the signs of a heart attack and[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Statement on Keystone Report
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2014. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement after the U.S. State Department released a report on the environmental impacts of the Keystone pipeline: “When the Keystone pipeline’s own proponents argue that the pipeline is essential to the rapid development of the tar sands, it is clear[Read More…]
Study Finds Higher Rates of Steroid Use Among Gay and Bisexual Teen Boys
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 3, 2014. A new study in Pediatrics finds gay and bisexual adolescents are more than 5 times more likely to misuse anabolic-androgenic steroids than their heterosexual counterparts, putting them at risk of cardiovascular, endocrine and psychiatric complications. The study, “Sexual Orientation and Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids in U.S.[Read More…]
Antibiotic Use in Children Leveling Off
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 3, 2014. The number of children taking antibiotics has decreased over the past decade, but has leveled off in recent years in certain age groups and geographic locations. In a study in the March 2014 Pediatrics, “Recent Trends in Outpatient Antibiotic Use in Children,” (published online[Read More…]
Liver Tumors Found in Mice Exposed to BPA
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2014. In one of the first studies to show a significant association between BPA and cancer development, University of Michigan School of Public Health researchers have found liver tumors in mice exposed to the chemical via their mothers during gestation and nursing. “We found that 27 percent[Read More…]
ExoMars Orbiter Core Module Completed
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter EU–(ENEWSPF)–3 February 2014. The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter module consisting of the spacecraft structure, thermal control and propulsion systems was handed over by OHB System to Thales Alenia Space France at a ceremony held in Bremen, Germany, today. The delivery marks an important step in the[Read More…]
Arctic Lakes Show Climate on Thin Ice
EU–(ENEWSPF)–3 February 2014. Ice in northern Alaska’s lakes during winter months is on the decline. Twenty years of satellite radar imagery show how changes in our climate are affecting high-latitude environments. Changes in air temperature and winter precipitation over the last five decades have affected the timing, duration and thickness[Read More…]
U.S. Abortion Rate Hits Lowest Level Since 1973
Early Medication Abortion Makes Up an Increasing Proportion of All Abortions NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2014. The U.S. abortion rate declined to 16.9 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–44 in 2011, well below the 1981 peak of 29.3 per 1,000 and the lowest since 1973 (16.3 per 1,000), according to “Abortion[Read More…]
