CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2013. The Sustainability Center at Prairie State College (PSC) is excited to offer free charging to community members at the college’s newly installed Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations. The charging stations are part of the college’s strategic sustainability plan and are just one of the many initiatives[Read More…]
Science
Mercury Treaty: Last Chance to Address Health Effects
In Final Talks, Western Governments Should Agree to Include Prevention, Treatment NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2013. A proposed international treaty to address the damaging effects of mercury should include specific provisions to protect the health of children and other vulnerable populations, Human Rights Watch said today. Governments are to meet in[Read More…]
FDA Requiring Lower Recommended Dose for Certain Sleep Drugs Containing Zolpidem
Reminder about risk of impaired activities the morning after use for all insomnia drugs Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced it is requiring the manufacturers of Ambien, Ambien CR, Edluar and Zolpimist, widely used sleep drugs that contain the active ingredient zolpidem, to[Read More…]
Conservation Groups Ask President Obama for a Suspension of Arctic Ocean Drilling
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2013. National Audubon Society, National Parks Conservation Association, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceana, Ocean Conservancy, Pacific Environment, Sierra Club and The Wilderness Society called on Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to suspend offshore oil and gas activities in the Arctic Ocean. This letter comes after Shell[Read More…]
Patient Advocates Invite Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy to Better Understand Medical Marijuana
National conference in February will better equip Kennedy, others to develop public health policy based on science Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2013. In response to public comments made against U.S. marijuana reform yesterday by former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy, patient advocates wrote to Kennedy inviting him to attend a[Read More…]
President Obama Needs to Establish a Conservation Legacy in Addition to a Drilling Legacy
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2013. Today, as President Barack Obama builds his new energy and environment team for his second term, the Center for American Progress released “President Obama Needs to Establish a Conservation Legacy in Addition to a Drilling Legacy.” This column and the accompanying charts show that the number[Read More…]
High Levels of Flu in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD—(ENEWSPF)—January 10, 2013. Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck advises the public on the current flu situation in Illinois. “We have been and continue to see an increase in flu activity across the state. The flu strain that is predominately circulating this year is typically more severe,[Read More…]
Report Finds Children Across Maine at Risk from Pesticides
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2013. The public health and environmental non-profit, Toxics Action Center (TAC) released a report in December that surveys pesticide use on public school grounds across the state of Maine and urges policy change to stop spraying. The report, “A Call for Safer School Grounds: A Survey of Pesticide[Read More…]
NASA, ESA Telescopes Find Evidence for Asteroid Belt Around Vega
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013. Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the star Vega, the second brightest star in northern night skies. The scientists used data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Herschel Space Observatory, in which NASA plays an important[Read More…]
New Drug for Bipolar Disorder May Offer Fewer Side Effects
UK–(ENEWSPF)–9 January 2013. A drug for bipolar disorder that works like lithium, the most common and effective treatment for the condition, but without lithium’s toxicity and problem side-effects has been identified by Oxford University researchers in a study in mice. A drug that mimics the effect of lithium but without[Read More…]
