UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)-10 September 2012. A new survey suggests that the chamber of molten rock beneath Santorini’s volcano expanded 10-20 million cubic metres – up to 15 times the size of London’s Olympic Stadium – between January 2011 and April 2012. The growth of this ‘balloon’ of magma has seen the[Read More…]
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Subsidiary of Diet Plan Marketer Medifast Inc. to Pay $3.7 Million to Settle FTC Charges
Unsupported Weight-Loss Claims Violated Previous Order, Agency Alleges Washingto, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2012. A subsidiary of diet plan marketer Medifast Inc. will pay a $3.7 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated a previous agency order by making unsupported claims about its weight-loss program. Medifast unit[Read More…]
Researchers Show Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Testing in Drug Abuse Treatment Programs
New Study Supports Funding of On-site Rapid HIV Testing NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2012 — Less than half of community-based substance abuse treatment programs in the United States currently make HIV testing available on-site or through referral. A new study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College shows the cost-effectiveness[Read More…]
Double Drug Combo Could Shut Down Abnormal Blood Vessel Growth that Feeds Disease
New Study Shows Key Protein Works Together with VEGF to Stimulate Abnormal Blood Vessel Growth, Targeting Both Could More Effectively Treat Cancer and Other Diseases NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2012 — A new study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College shows combining two already-FDA approved drugs may offer a new[Read More…]
Santorini Volcano Sees Growth Spurt
Santorini inflating EU–(ENEWSPF)–10 September 2012. In the south Aegean Sea, the islands of Santorini have been showing signs of unrest for the first time in over half a century. Satellite data confirm that the islands have risen as much as 14 cm since January 2011. The Santorini volcano’s last major[Read More…]
Drinking Water in Several Oregon Schools Found To Be Contaminated with Multiple Pesticides
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2012. Traces of pesticides in drinking water were found in eleven rural elementary schools in Oregon, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) study released on August 30. The study shows a disturbing variety of pesticides that when combined could have dramatic impacts on the health[Read More…]
Walls of Lunar Crater May Hold Patchy Ice, LRO Radar Finds
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been studying the moon since June 2009. Credit: NASA NASA-(ENEWSPF)- Small patches of ice could make up at most five to ten percent of material in walls of Shackleton crater. Scientists using the Mini-RF radar on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) have estimated the maximum[Read More…]
Los Alamos Provides HOPE for Radiation Belt Storm Probes
Artist’s rendering showing two spacecraft representing the not-yet-designed Radiation Belt Storm Probes that will study the sun and its effects on Earth. PHOTO CREDIT: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico-(ENEWSPF)- Los Alamos National Laboratory expertise in radiation detection and shielding is poised to help a national[Read More…]
Scotts Miracle-Gro Will Pay $12.5 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties for Violations of Federal Pesticide Laws
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2012. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, a producer of pesticides for commercial and consumer lawn and garden uses, was sentenced today in federal district court in Columbus, Ohio, to pay a $4 million fine and perform community service for eleven criminal violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and[Read More…]
New Poll Shows Oklahoma Voters Strongly Support Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency
Majority of Voters Support Phasing Out Old Coal Plants in Favor of Clean Energy OKLAHOMA CITY, OK–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2012. In results from a new poll by Public Policy Polling (PPP) released yesterday, an overwhelming majority of Oklahoma voters support expanding Oklahoma’s clean energy resources such as wind and solar, and[Read More…]
