Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—December 23, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Tretten, Coagulation Factor XIII A-Subunit (Recombinant), the first recombinant product for use in the routine prevention of bleeding in adults and children who have a rare clotting disorder, known as congenital Factor XIII A-subunit deficiency. Congenital Factor[Read More…]
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Revised Autism Screening Tool Offers More Precise Assessment
Testing during routine checkups indicates earlier diagnosis possible Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2013. An updated screening tool that physicians administer to parents to help determine if a very young child has autism has been shown to be much more accurate than earlier versions at identifying children who could benefit from further[Read More…]
Energy Use of Cable, Satellite and Telephone Set-Top Boxes to Be Slashed, Saving Consumers $1 Billion Annually
NRDC Part of Historic Agreement with Cable, Satellite and Phone Companies to Use More Efficient Equipment SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2013 — A voluntary agreement announced today by the Natural Resources Defense Council and other energy-efficiency advocates, the U.S. Department of Energy, the pay-TV industry; and equipment manufacturers will reduce[Read More…]
Rio Tinto Says It May Divest from Pebble Mine Project in Alaska’s Bristol Bay
NRDC: EPA Still Needs to Reject the Copper and Gold Mining Proposal WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2013 – Rio Tinto, the London-based global mining company, today publicly announced that it is considering “divestment” from the massive, ill-conceived Pebble Mine project, a controversial proposal to mine gold and copper at the headwaters of[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Applauds Passage of U.S. – Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement
Agreement Provides Access to Nearly 1.5 Million Acres of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, Paves the Way for Development of Common Safety and Environmental Standards WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2013. Today, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell applauded the enactment of the U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement that establishes a framework for[Read More…]
Fed To Require Strengthened State Protection from Nonpoint Pesticide Pollution
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2013. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in a Federal Register notice has found that the state of Oregon’s program to reduce nonpoint coastal pollution is inadequate. Both federal agencies state that Oregon’s program does not adequately protect streams that provide habitat for[Read More…]
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Decision Blocking Wisconsin Abortion Law
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2013. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit today upheld a lower court’s decision blocking a Wisconsin law that singles out doctors who provide abortions for medically unnecessary restrictions. A challenge to the law was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Wisconsin,[Read More…]
A Simple Eye Test for Multiple Sclerosis
Photo via Wikimedia Commons. AUSTRALIA–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2013. As you step outdoors into the bright sunshine, your pupils automatically contract. Scientists from the Australian Centre of Excellence in Vision Science (ACEVS) based at The Australian National University (ANU) are making use of how this ‘pupil reflex’ is connected to the brain[Read More…]
Chickless Birds Guard Nests of Relatives
Cooperatively-breeding speckled warbler (left) feeding a black-eared cuckoo fledgling (right). Credit: David Cook. AUSTRALIA–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2013. New research has found some birds choose not to reproduce so they can guard the nests of their close relatives. “One of the mysteries of evolutionary biology is why, in about nine per cent[Read More…]
FDA Proposes New Food Defense Rule
Proposed rule marks the 6th issued under FDA Food Safety Modernization Act this year Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—December 20, 2013. As required by the bipartisan FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today proposed a rule that would require the largest food businesses in the United States and[Read More…]
