Film Screening, Panel Discussion Set for Oct. 4 in Colorado Bob Posthuma, right, shown with Sandy Syburg, the founder of Purple Cow Organics, will be among several expert panelists at a Boulder event Oct. 4. BOULDER, CO.–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2012. With a contingent of the leaders in the organic lawn care[Read More…]
Science
More Than 300 Public Interest Groups Ask Senate to Oppose Anti-Health Coal Ash Bill
Dangerous legislation would prevent the EPA from ever protecting public from toxic coal ash Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. Today more than 300 public interest groups representing millions of citizens from 43 states sent a letter to the U.S. Senate opposing S.3512, the “Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2012.”[Read More…]
Secretary Salazar Establishes 558th National Wildlife Refuge Unit in Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Donation of nearly 77,000-Acre Easement by Louis Bacon Establishes Sangre de Cristo Conservation Area DENVER, Colo.–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar today announced the formal establishment of the Sangre de Cristo Conservation Area as the nation’s 558th unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System, thanks to the donation[Read More…]
NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Reveals Geological Mystery
PASADENA, Calif. –(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. NASA’s long-lived rover Opportunity has returned an image of the Martian surface that is puzzling researchers. Spherical objects concentrated at an outcrop Opportunity reached last week differ in several ways from iron-rich spherules nicknamed “blueberries” the rover found at its landing site in early 2004[Read More…]
State of IL Recognizes September as Healthy Aging Month; Urges Seniors to Get Flu Shots
SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. Illinois Department on Aging Director John K. Holton, Ph.D., today reminded that September is Healthy Aging Month, an annual health observance that focuses attention on the positive aspects of growing older. The observance proves a good time for older adults to assess how they are doing[Read More…]
Getting (Drugs) Under Your Skin
Using ultrasound waves, researchers boost skin’s permeability to drugs. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. Using ultrasound waves, MIT engineers have found a way to enhance the permeability of skin to drugs, making transdermal drug delivery more efficient. This technology could pave the way for noninvasive drug delivery or needle-free vaccinations, according[Read More…]
New Study of Stem Cell Differentiation Could Help Researchers Better Understand the Genetic Basis of Heart Disease.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. The fate of an embryonic stem cell, which has the potential to become any type of body cell, is determined by a complex interaction of genes, proteins that bind DNA, and molecules that modify those genes and proteins. In a new paper, biologists from MIT[Read More…]
Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $59.3 Million for Clean, Energy-Efficient Transit Projects Across the United States
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that 27 projects will receive a combined $59.3 million to help transit agencies purchase and support cleaner, greener buses that reduce harmful emissions and improve fuel economy while also delivering a more comfortable, reliable ride for passengers. The funds from[Read More…]
FDA Warns Consumers Against Eating Mangoes from Agricola Daniella of Mexico
Farm’s mangoes contain strains of Salmonella Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. Fast facts The FDA is warning consumers against eating mangoes from Agricola Daniella, a mango supplier with multiple plantations and a single packing house located in Sinaloa, Mexico. Testing by the FDA has found Salmonella in mangoes from this[Read More…]
No Significant Difference in Asthma Control Across Three Approaches to Adjust Medication Dose in Mild Asthma
NIH-funded trial finds patient symptom assessment method required less corticosteroid use Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2012. A study comparing three common approaches to periodically adjust the dosage of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for people with mild asthma has found no detectable differences in how often a person’s asthma worsened. The methods examined[Read More…]
