Efforts to Reduce Food Deserts Have Reduced Food Deserts in Low-Income Areas by More than 20 Percent; New Release of Data Will Help Communities Join the Fight to Alleviate Food Deserts CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. Today, Mayor Rahm Emanuel publicly released vital information and data on food deserts, including lists of[Read More…]
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Study: THC Increases Brain Activity In Response To Positive Stimuli
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 27, 2013. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The administration of THC modulates emotional processing in healthy volunteers, according to placebo-controlled crossover trial data published online by the journal European Neuropsychopharmacology. Investigators from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands performed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) on 11 healthy[Read More…]
NIH Study Links Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment to Possible Risk of Stomach Cancer
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. Hodgkin lymphoma survivors who received certain radiation and chemotherapy regimens were at increased risk of subsequently developing stomach cancer, according to a study by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. The study appeared Aug. 26, 2013, in the[Read More…]
Adapting to Mainstream Lowers Diabetes Risk in African-Americans
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. Trying to find a produce store or a large grocer in an economically depressed neighborhood is about as easy as finding an apple in a candy store. Lack of access to good nutrition impacts racial and ethnic minorities and recent immigrants disproportionately. Poor nutrition combined with[Read More…]
Record-Breaking $17.3 Billion in Crop Losses Last Year; Significant Portion Potentially Avoidable
Report Shows County-by-County Analysis of Impacts in the Ten States with Highest Crop Insurance Losses due to Extreme Weather CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013 – Extreme weather forced the Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP) to pay out a record-breaking $17.3 billion in crop losses last year, much of which could have been[Read More…]
New Maps Reveal Enviva’s Ahoskie Wood Pellet Facility Threatens Southern Wetland Forests, Surrounding Ecosystems and Wildlife
Maps are the latest in a mounting body of evidence proving the damaging environmental impacts of mass-scale biomass energy production AHOSKIE, N.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013 – New maps and a report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Dogwood Alliance reveal the ecological threat a major wood pellet[Read More…]
NOAA Confirms Wreck is Lost 19th Century U.S. Coast Survey Steamer
USCS Robert J. Walker was returning home from pre-Civil War hydrographic survey mission In 1852, W.A.K. Martin painted this picture of the Robert J. Walker. The painting, now at the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News, Va., is scheduled for restoration. High resolution (Credit: The Mariners’ Museum) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. [Read More…]
Study Reveals Toxic Nanoparticles Persist in Food
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. A new study by scientists at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources is shedding light on the persistence of nanopesticides in our food. Researchers focused their attention on silver nanoparticles (nanosilver), a substance that has been linked to environmental harm, bacterial[Read More…]
Central Illinois Reports its First Human West Nile Virus Positive Case for 2013
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2013. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first human West Nile virus case reported in central Illinois for 2013. The Tazewell County Health Department reported a man in his 50’s became ill earlier this month. “We are seeing high temperatures and dry weather, which[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Launches Statewide Cover Crop Demonstration Project
Initiative Aims to Improve Water Quality, Control Erosion and Increase Yields SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today announced the start of a three-year demonstration project by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to encourage the planting of environmentally-beneficial cover crops. The initiative’s goal is to improve water quality in Illinois[Read More…]
