Innovative project turns Illinois River sediment into Chicago lakefront park EAST PEORIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today visited the East Peoria riverfront to announce the innovative Mud-to-Parks program, which makes use of soil dredged from the silt-choked Illinois River to build a new park on Lake Michigan. Sixty[Read More…]
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UPDATE: Multistate Meningitis Outbreak Investigation, October 10, 2012
At;anta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2012 – 8:45 AM EDT At-A-Glance Status: Ongoing Investigation Infection: Fungal Meningitis Facility Type: Outpatient Setting Case Count: 119 States: 10 Deaths: 11 Multi-State Meningitis Outbreak – Current Case Count October 9, 2012 1:45 PM EDT Persons with Meningitis Linked to Epidural Steroid Injections, by State [View Larger[Read More…]
Organic Food Market Continues to Gain Ground
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2012. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-certified organic growers in the United States sold more than $3.5 billion organically grown agricultural commodities in 2011, according to the results of the 2011 Certified Organic Production Survey, released by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The data shows a[Read More…]
Salazar Authorizes Landmark Wyoming Wind Project Site, Reaches President’s Goal of Authorizing 10,000 Megawatts of Renewable Energy
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2012. Advancing President Obama’s all-of-the-above strategy for expanding domestic energy resources, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Department has reached the President’s goal of authorizing 10,000 megawatts of renewable power on public lands with the approval of the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre[Read More…]
New Report Maps Toxic Pollution Over Baltimore Area
Crane and Wagner Coal Plants could cause air quality violations at more than 100 schools in Baltimore and Anne Arundel Baltimore, MD–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2012. Today the Sierra Club released a report with maps showing the potential pollution impacts from two area coal plants along with a billboard near the Crane[Read More…]
How Cancer Cells Break Free From Tumors
New MIT study identifies adhesion molecules key to cancer’s spread through the body. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2012. Although tumor metastasis causes about 90 percent of cancer deaths, the exact mechanism that allows cancer cells to spread from one part of the body to another is not well understood. One[Read More…]
Arctic Sea Ice Shatters Previous Low Records; Antarctic Sea Ice Edges to Record High
Boulder, Colorado–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2012. Arctic sea ice extent for September 2012 was 3.61 million square kilometers (1.39 million square miles). The magenta line shows the 1979 to 2000 median extent for that month. The black cross indicates the geographic North Pole. —Credit: NSIDC This September, sea ice covering the Arctic[Read More…]
New Campaign From the Center for Reproductive Rights Launches With Support From Hollywood Heavyweights
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2012. Today, the Center for Reproductive Rights announced the launch of an innovative new campaign—DRAW THE LINE— in support of the Center’s Bill of Reproductive Rights. The Bill of Reproductive Rights provides an opportunity for Americans to join together and tell lawmakers that they stand strongly behind[Read More…]
Angry? Sad? Ashamed? Depressed People Can’t Tell Difference
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2012. Clinically depressed people have a hard time telling the difference between negative emotions such as anger and guilt, a new University of Michigan study found. The ability to distinguish between various emotional experiences affects how individuals deal with life stressors, said Emre Demiralp, a researcher in[Read More…]
Electronic Health Records Shown to Improve the Quality of Patient Care
New Weill Cornell Study Provides Compelling Evidence that Commercially Available Electronic Health Records Are Associated with Better Physician Performance NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 09, 2012 — A new study by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, provides compelling evidence that electronic health records (EHRs) enhance[Read More…]
