Twenty-nine organizations seek reversal of BLM’s policy that keeps secret the names of corporations that nominate public lands for oil and gas drilling Taos, NM–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2013. Just over three months ago, in a momentous victory for the public’s right to know and government transparency, U.S. District Court Senior Judge[Read More…]
Science
NASA Satellite Data Help Pinpoint Glaciers’ Role in Sea Level Rise
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2013. A new study of glaciers worldwide using observations from two NASA satellites has helped resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise. The new research found glaciers outside of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, repositories of 1 percent[Read More…]
Stacking 2-D Materials Produces Surprising Results
New experiments reveal previously unseen effects, could lead to new kinds of electronics and optical devices. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2013. Graphene has dazzled scientists, ever since its discovery more than a decade ago, with its unequalled electronic properties, its strength and its light weight. But one long-sought goal has proved[Read More…]
California Regulators Propose Restrictions of Soil Fumigant
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2013. California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) have proposed restrictions on the use of chloropicrin, a fumigant commonly applied to strawberries, peppers, tomatoes, raspberries, and blackberries. The proposed rule would not only increase buffer zones around application sites, but also restrict application acreage, impose notification requirements, enhance[Read More…]
Large Majority of Adults Have Smoke-free Rules in Homes, Vehicles
Millions of non-smokers still exposed to secondhand smoke Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013. Four out of five U.S. adults report having voluntary smoke-free rules in their homes and three out of four report having voluntary smoke-free rules in their vehicles, according to a study published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease,[Read More…]
CDC Study Finds Fecal Contamination in Pools
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013. A study of public pools done during last summer’s swim season found that feces are frequently introduced into pool water by swimmers. Through the study, released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers found germs in samples of pool filter water collected[Read More…]
FDA Approves Simponi to Treat Ulcerative Colitis
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a new use for Simponi (golimumab) injection to treat adults with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. Simponi works by blocking tumor necrosis factor (TNF), which plays an important role in causing abnormal inflammatory and immune responses. Previously[Read More…]
FDA Approves New Drug for Advanced Prostate Cancer
Xofigo approved three months ahead of schedule under priority review program Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved Xofigo (radium Ra 223 dichloride) to treat men with symptomatic late-stage (metastatic) castration-resistant prostate cancer that has spread to bones but not to other organs. It[Read More…]
HHS Announces Actions to Improve Safety and Quality of Child Care
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013. Helping to answer President Obama’s call to ensure quality early education for every American child, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed today a new regulation for public comment that will better ensure children’s health and safety in child care and promote school[Read More…]
Center for Reproductive Rights Takes Legal Action Against North Dakota Law Aimed at Closing State’s Only Abortion Clinic
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013. The Center for Reproductive Rights took legal action yesterday on behalf of North Dakota’s only abortion clinic and its doctors to block a state law designed to shut down the Red River Women’s Clinic and effectively end safe and legal abortion in the state. Senate Bill[Read More…]
