WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2013. During Pollution Prevention (P2) Week, September 16-22, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) encourages Americans to prevent or reduce pollution at the source. This year’s pollution prevention week comes just three months after President Obama’s speech at Georgetown University where he outlined his Climate Action Plan to[Read More…]
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Toxic Pesticide Used Illegally in Georgia Nursing Homes
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2013. A federal grand jury in Macon, Georgia allege that Steven A. Murray and his company, Bio-Tech Management wrongly used pesticides in multiple nursing homes across the state of Georgia. This misapplication is particularly egregious as the elderly are especially vulnerable to pesticide exposure and the resulting adverse[Read More…]
Lawsuit To Protect The San Pedro River Advances
Massive new development and groundwater pumping threaten river and wildlife Phoenix, AZ–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2013. The challenge to the Arizona Department of Water Resources’ (ADWR) approval of a massive groundwater pumping project that threatens the survival of the Upper San Pedro River in Southern Arizona took a major step forward Thursday[Read More…]
New Medical Device Treats Urinary Symptoms Related to Enlarged Prostate
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—September 13, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today authorized the marketing of the UroLift system, the first permanent implant to relieve low or blocked urine flow in men age 50 and older with an enlarged prostate. The prostate is a walnut-sized gland, in men, that sits[Read More…]
Walmart Plans to Curb Risky Chemicals in Store Items
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2013. Yesterday’s announcement by mega-retailer Walmart that it will require suppliers to limit or eliminate some chemicals from products it sells shows that consumer awareness of toxic exposure risks is driving changes in the market even in the face of government inaction and delay, according to Environmental[Read More…]
Testing for Hereditary Breast Cancer? Toolkit Helps Families Talk, Cope, Decide What to Do
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2013. Actress Angelina Jolie made headlines in May when she revealed she underwent a preventive double mastectomy to reduce her risk of cancer. According to the New York Times, Jolie carried a genetic mutation in the BRCA1 gene, which elevated her chances of breast and ovarian[Read More…]
REPORT: Dynegy Protecting Itself from High Risk Purchase of Illinois Coal Plants; Plans to Pass Risk to Illinois Communities
Illinois Pollution Control Board to Hear Dynegy’s Request to Not Comply with Illinois Clean Air Law until 2020 In Gamble on Future Energy Markets CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2013. Today, ACM Partners, an independent financial research firm, released the findings of a report on the pending no-cash sale of five central and southern Illinois[Read More…]
NOAA Launches Website Holding Millions of Chemical Analyses from Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Includes data on underwater hydrocarbon plume, dispersants Deepwater Horizon platform site. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2013. NOAA announced the release yesterday of a comprehensive, quality-controlled dataset that gives ready access to millions of chemical analyses and other data on the massive Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The dataset,[Read More…]
Managing Multicore Memory
MIT research shows that it may be time to let software, rather than hardware, manage the high-speed on-chip memory banks known as ‘caches.’ CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2013. In today’s computers, moving data to and from main memory consumes so much time and energy that microprocessors have their own small, high-speed[Read More…]
Genes Linked to Being Right-or Left-handed Identified
UK–(ENEWSPF)–13 September 2013. A genetic study has identified a biological process that influences whether we are right handed or left handed.Scientists at the Universities of Oxford, St Andrews, Bristol and the Max Plank Institute in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, found correlations between handedness and a network of genes involved in establishing[Read More…]
