(PHOTO SUPPLIED) State College, PA-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports a 12-year-old girl contracted a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba in Arkansas, and it may be tied to summer heat and drought conditions, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The amoeba, or single-celled organism, that caused the infection[Read More…]
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Groups Will Defend Sea Otter Recovery in Southern California
Industry lawsuit seeks to eliminate sea otters from habitat Monterey, CA–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2013. Conservation and wildlife groups announced today that they intend to defend a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to end a failed policy of trying to exclude sea otters from their Southern California habitat—a so-called[Read More…]
Lawsuit Challenges Federal Financing of Coal Exports from East Coast Ports
Suit charges taxpayer-backed U.S. Export-Import Bank with failure to assess environmental impacts of its dirty-fuel exports San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2013. Environmental groups today filed the first-ever lawsuit challenging the federal government’s financing for the export of Appalachian coal from the United States. The U.S. government approved this financial support[Read More…]
Senator Durbin: Energy Drink Companies Should Not Market Their Products to Children Under 18
Senator warns that as sale of energy drinks has grown, so has the alarming evidence that they pose potential health risks WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2013. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) delivered opening remarks at a hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee examining the potential health risks of energy drinks and[Read More…]
New School Immunization Requirement Reminder for National Immunization Awareness Month
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2013. To kick-off National Immunization Awareness Month in August, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reminding parents and health care providers of the new Tdap immunization requirement for the 2013-2014 school year. All sixth- through twelfth-grade students are now required to show proof of receiving one[Read More…]
Court Protects Upper Missouri Breaks National Monument (Montana)
Great Falls, MT–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2013. Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered BLM to go back and take a harder look at how a new management plan for the Upper Missouri Breaks National Monument may impact cultural and historic properties. In June 2009, the Western Environmental Law Center[Read More…]
U.S. Breastfeeding Rates Continue to Rise
Keeping moms and babies together during the hospital stay is important to progress Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2013. Breastfeeding rates have continued to rise over the past decade, according to data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The percent of babies breastfeeding at six months increased from[Read More…]
Third Time in Three Years – Pesticides Believed to be Cause of Fish Kills in Canada
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2013. Environmental officials are investigating why dozens of dead fish are washing up on the banks of two rivers in western Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.), Canada. For the third time in three years, dead fish have been spotted rising to the surface of Barclay Brook where thousands[Read More…]
Immigrants Demand Medical Care For all, including the Undocumented Community
Chicago IL–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2013. A group of Immigrant rights advocates, families of patients, and supporters of the Hunger Strike for Health will march from Little Village to UIC Medical Center and demand an immediate meeting with hospital administrators. Background: Undocumented families and advocated demand that UIC Medical Center face the[Read More…]
Ancient Snowfall Likely Carved Martian Valleys
Researchers at Brown University have shown that some Martian valleys appear to have been caused by runoff from orographic precipitation — moisture carried part of the way up a mountain and deposited on the slopes. Providence, RI.-(ENEWSPF)-Valley networks branching across the Martian surface leave little doubt that water once flowed on the[Read More…]
