Environmental health and justice advocates submit comments on cumulative impacts of toxic pollution Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2013. On Friday, June 28, 2013, Earthjustice and 28 other local and national environmental health and justice advocacy organizations filed comments to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to update the science the agency[Read More…]
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NOAA, Partners Predict Significant Harmful Algal Bloom in Western Lake Erie This Summer
Satellite image of 2011 bloom (the most severe in decades). Download here (Credit: MERIS/NASA; processed by NOAA/NOS/NCCOS ) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2013. NOAA and its research partners predict that the 2013 western Lake Erie harmful algal bloom (HAB) season will have a significant bloom of cyanobacteria, a toxic blue-green algae,[Read More…]
Long-Running NASA/CNES Ocean Satellite Takes Final Bow
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2013. The curtain has come down on a superstar of the satellite oceanography world that played the “Great Blue Way” of the world’s ocean for 11 1/2 years. The successful joint NASA and Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) Jason-1 ocean altimetry satellite was decommissioned this week following the[Read More…]
Groups Appeal to President Obama to Suspend Bee-Killing Pesticides
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2013. In light of recent action in Europe to suspend to use of certain neonicotinoid pesticides, Beyond Pesticides joined 12 other environmental and advocacy organizations in urging the Obama administration to direct the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to follow the European Union’s (EU) lead in recognizing[Read More…]
Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Threatens Access to Affordable Medicines
KUALA LUMPUR—(ENEWSPF)–JULY 3, 2013—Countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement* with the US should follow Malaysia’s lead in refusing harmful intellectual property proposals and assuring that people will continue to be able to access affordable medicines in the future, stressed the Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC), Third World Network (TWN), Positive[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Calls on FDA to Adopt Standards on Arsenic in Food
Attorney General Urges Agency to Move Ahead With Plan To Help Inform Parents About Safe Food Choices for Infants Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday again called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish national standards for arsenic in food, particularly in products served to[Read More…]
Illinois Health Department Intends to Revoke Sacred Heart Hospital License After Abrupt Closure
All hospital patients have been safely discharged SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2013. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) intends to revoke Sacred Heart Hospital’s license after it abruptly closed on Monday without giving the Department the required 90 days notice. “The Department learned Sacred Heart Hospital planned to close just a[Read More…]
Recalled Pomegranate Seeds Distributed in Illinois
Check your freezer for the recalled brands SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2013. If you bought frozen pomegranate seeds or a mixture containing pomegranate seeds since February, the Illinois Department of Public Health wants to make sure you check the brand before eating them. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers[Read More…]
First Lady Michelle Obama and Epicurious Announce Winning Recipes in Nationwide ‘Healthy Lunchtime Challenge’
54 Kids to Attend “State Dinner” at White House on July 9 To Celebrate Nutritious, Delicious Lunchtime Dishes Singer Rachel Crow to Provide Entertainment Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2013. First Lady Michelle Obama, Epicurious, the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture announced the winners of a nationwide recipe challenge[Read More…]
Illinois Kicks Off Campaign to Protect Seniors From Abuse
IL Dept on Aging’s Elder Abuse Awareness campaign coincides with extending protective services to some people with disabilities SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2013. Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA) Director John K. Holton, Ph.D., today kicked off Elder Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month, in Illinois. Elder abuse refers to a negligent act (physical,[Read More…]
