Multistate Salmonella outbreak sickens 30 SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2012. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is warning residents not to eat Trader Joe’s Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter or peanut butter and other products containing nuts and seeds from Sunland, Inc. Both companies issued voluntary recalls after preliminary results from[Read More…]
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Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton to the UNAIDS Shared Responsibility Event
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON:Thank you. Thank you very much. Michel, thank you, and thank you for your years of leadership. President Yayi, thank you. Everywhere I go at the UN this week where there’s an important issue being discussed, the President is here on behalf of[Read More…]
Group Petitions for Ban on Roadside Pesticides
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2012. A citizen’s group in Washington State submitted to its county commissioners a petition that urges a ban of all herbicides or other chemicals on county rights-of-way. The group, which opposes all roadside pesticide spraying, is calling for the adoption of safer management alternatives, citing dozens[Read More…]
Know How Much You’re Texting While Driving? U-M Study Says No
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2012. Texting while driving is a serious threat to public safety, but a new University of Michigan study suggests that we might not be aware of our actions. U-M researchers found that texting while driving is predicted by a person’s level of “habit”—more so than how[Read More…]
NIH Introduces Bilingual Booklet on Sports Injuries
Fotonovela teaches young athletes about prevention Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2012. An English and Spanish fotonovela to teach children and teens how to avoid sports injuries, “Ana’s Story,” is now available through the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), part of the National Institutes of Health. A[Read More…]
Despite IPM Law, New York City Applied Roundup to Public Spaces Nearly 500 Times in 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2012. According to a report from New York City’s Department of Health, Roundup, Monsanto’s most popular and widely used product is also the most frequently applied herbicide in the city. This has occurred in violation of the spirit and intent of the 2005-passed the Pesticide Useage Law[Read More…]
EPA Honors Organizations for Supporting Green Power
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) presented its 12th annual Green Power Leadership Awards to 24 Green Power Partners and three suppliers for their achievements in advancing the nation’s renewable electricity market. For most municipalities, electricity usage is the single-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. By[Read More…]
ACLU and PUBPAT Ask Supreme Court to Rule that Patents on Breast Cancer Genes Are Invalid
Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Medical Associations, Geneticists, Patients and Breast Cancer and Women’s Health Groups WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2012. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation today asked the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate patents for two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer that allow[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces 38 Million-Acre Oil and Gas Lease Sale in the Central Gulf of Mexico
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau today announced that BOEM will offer 38 million acres in the Central Gulf of[Read More…]
Faith and Environmental Groups Challenge Proposed Coal Export Terminal in Plaquemines Parish
Terminal Will Threaten Historic Communities, Wetlands Restoration NEW ORLEANS, LA –(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. The Sierra Club, Christian Ministers Missionary Baptist Association of Plaquemines, and Louisiana Environmental Action Network are challenging the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s approval of a Clean Air Act permit for a proposed coal export terminal in[Read More…]
