NIH study indicates reverse impulses clear useless information, prime brain for learning Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2013. When the mind is at rest, the electrical signals by which brain cells communicate appear to travel in reverse, wiping out unimportant information in the process, but sensitizing the cells for future sensory learning,[Read More…]
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Suit Filed Challenging Montana’s Weak Wildlife Protections on State Trust Lands
State Habitat Conservation Plan approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fails to adequately protect threatened bull trout and grizzly bears Missoula, MT–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2013. Conservation groups today filed a legal challenge to federal approval of a state forest management plan in Montana that threatens grizzly bears and bull[Read More…]
NOAA Proposes Plan to Address Environmental Injuries From 2005 Gulf Oil Spill
Public comment period open through April 15 Disabled T/B DBL 152 vessel discharges oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. Download here (Credit: ENTRIX, Inc.) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2013. NOAA today released a draft damage assessment and restoration plan addressing environmental injuries from the 2005 Tank Barge DBL 152[Read More…]
D.C. Law to Help Prevent Overdose Deaths To Take Effect; D.C. Joins Ten Other States in Passing Good Samaritan Law
New Law Encourages Calling 911 in Drug Overdose Cases; Some Drug and Alcohol Law Violations Not a Crime When Help is Sought Twice As Many Overdose Deaths in 2010 as Traffic-Related Fatalities; Nearly 900 Overdose Deaths in D.C. Since 2003 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2013. On Tuesday, March 19th, a new[Read More…]
Why Teens are Still Behind on Recommended Vaccines
Elk Grove Village, IL –(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2013. Despite the fact that vaccines have been found to be a safe and effective protection against a number of vaccine-preventable adolescent diseases, many teens are still not receiving recommended vaccinations. In the study “Reasons for Not Vaccinating Adolescents: National Survey of Teens, 2008-2010,”[Read More…]
EU Split on Suspending Bee-Killing Pesticides
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2013. The bee-killing neonicotinoid insecticides used for agriculture will continue to be used across the European Union (EU), as members failed to reach an agreement on the proposal to suspend their use on flowering crops over the next two years. The proposal had followed reports released by[Read More…]
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Sell out Floridians
Today’s bogus plan on water rules won’t stop slime outbreaks Tampa, FL–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. Florida’s waterways will be covered with more slimy algae outbreaks if a deeply flawed plan announced today between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is allowed to go forward.[Read More…]
FACT SHEET: President Obama’s Blueprint for a Clean and Secure Energy Future
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. The United States is on the path to a cleaner and more secure energy future. Since President Obama took office, responsible oil and gas production has increased each year, while oil imports have fallen to a 20 year low; renewable electricity generation from wind, solar, and[Read More…]
CDC Confirms Rabies Death in Organ Transplant Recipient
Other patients who received organs from same donor getting anti-rabies shots Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene have confirmed that a patient who recently died of rabies in Maryland contracted the infection through organ transplantation done[Read More…]
Young Supernova Remains Found by U-M Astronomer
A composite image of the remains of a young supernova, approximately 26,000 light years away in the constellation Centaurus. Emissions are represented in blue from X-rays, red and cyan from infrared and purple from radio. The remnant, about 150 light years across, is a hot cloud of iron, neon, silicon[Read More…]
