Layer of microscopic spheres offers new approach to controlling acoustic waves CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2013. In some ways, granular material — such as a pile of sand — can behave much like a crystal, with its close-packed grains mimicking the precise, orderly arrangement of crystalline atoms. Now researchers at MIT[Read More…]
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Preemption Provision in Proposed Chemical Law Draws Ire from States
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2013. Nine state Attorneys General sent a letter to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee last week expressing their “deep concerns about unduly broad preemption language proposed in S.1009, the Chemical Safety Improvement Act [CSIA].” CSIA would amend the decades old (1976) U.S. chemical law, the[Read More…]
Federal Judge Blocks Wisconsin Abortion Law
Law Would Have Closed Half of State’s Abortion Clinics MADISON, Wis.–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2013. A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on Friday blocking a Wisconsin law that places medically unnecessary restrictions on abortion providers and that would have forced two of the four health centers that provide abortions in the[Read More…]
Arrests Made in Costa Rica Following Worldwide Rallies for Jairo Mora, Murdered Sea Turtle Activist
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica–(ENEWSPF)–August 2 – Costa Rican authorities made arrests Wednesday in connection with the murder of Jairo Mora Sandoval, a sea turtle activist who was murdered in Costa Rica two months ago. The arrests, made in a series of raids near Limón, were announced Thursday, the same day[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Secures Five Year Extension of Stewardship Contracts In Draft Appropriations Bill
Stewardship Contracts Important to Forest Jobs in Rural Oregon Portland, OR–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2013. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the draft Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014 includes an extension of forest stewardship contracting, which he worked to[Read More…]
Gene Combinations Help Predict Treatment Success for Alcoholism Medication
NIH-funded study says five-marker genotype panel can guide ondansetron use Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2013. An experimental treatment for alcohol dependence works better in individuals who possess specific combinations of genes that regulate the function and binding of serotonin, a brain chemical affected by the treatment, according to a study supported[Read More…]
Novel Drug Shuts Down Master Protein Key to Lymphoma
Weill Cornell Scientists Reveal How the Protein Works and How the Drug Gums it Up, Offering New Hope for Treatment of Aggressive Cancer NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2013 — Researchers have discovered how an experimental drug is capable of completely eradicating human lymphoma in mice after just five doses. The study,[Read More…]
Keystone XL: Businessweek Uncovers More Lies by State Department Contractor About Its Ties to TransCanada
WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—August 2, 2013. Today Businessweek revealed new evidence that Environmental Resources Management, the company hired by the State Department to review the environmental impact of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, lied on its conflict of interest disclosure form about its work for pipeline builder TransCanada and other oil[Read More…]
Senators Durbin, Blumenthal: With Adverse Event Reporting on the Rise, Legislation Needed to Protect Consumers of Dietary Supplements
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2013. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) yesterday introduced legislation that would help consumers distinguish between dietary supplements that are safe and those that have potentially serious side-effects or drug interactions. Recent investigative reports by “USA Today” and “Rock Center” have exposed the lack[Read More…]
Rep. Schakowsky Introduces the SHARED Act
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2013 – Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement on introducing H.R. 2983 the SHARED Act: “Last year, I met with a 4th grade constituent named Lily McSheffery. She was concerned about the impact of oil and gas drilling on sources of drinking water, and was determined[Read More…]
