Klingle Road — closed to motor vehicles since 1991 — is one step closer to becoming the hiking and biking trail approved by the D.C. Council in 2008 and supported by Friends of the Earth WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2012. Yesterday the U.S. District Court in D.C. dismissed a lawsuit that[Read More…]
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New Research Suggests Boys More Vulnerable to Effects of Chlorpyrifos Than Girls
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2012. A new study is the first to find a difference between how boys and girls respond to prenatal exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos. Researchers at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH) at the Mailman School of Public Health found that, at age 7, boys[Read More…]
Department of Interior Announces Next Steps for Commercial Wind Leasing Offshore Maine
BOEM Commences Environmental Review of Demonstration Project, Provides Opportunity for Public Comment and Expressions of Competitive Interest WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2012. As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand domestic energy development, including renewable energy, the Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Ocean Energy[Read More…]
NOAA, Partners Find 50-year Decline in Some Los Angeles Vehicle-related Pollutants
Scientists find steady reduction in one type of air pollutant, although region still suffers bad air days Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)—August 9, 2012 Traffic in Los Angeles, Calif. (Credit: Puck90 via Flickr Creative Commons) In California’s Los Angeles Basin, levels of some vehicle-related air pollutants have decreased by about 98 percent since the[Read More…]
NOAA Raises Hurricane Season Prediction Despite Expected El Niño
Updated outlook calls for near- or above-normal Atlantic season Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2012 Satellite image of Hurricane Ernesto taken on Aug. 7, 2012 in the Gulf of Mexico. (Credit: NOAA) This year’s Atlantic hurricane season got off to a busy start, with 6 named storms to date, and may have a[Read More…]
Brain Hubs Boil When Hoarders Face Pitching Their Own Stuff
Impaired decision-making traced to “salience network” — NIH-funded study Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2012. In patients with hoarding disorder, parts of a decision-making brain circuit under-activated when dealing with others’ possessions, but over-activated when deciding whether to keep or discard their own things, a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded study[Read More…]
Study: Cannabis Use Associated With Superior Cognitive Performance In Bipolar Patients
Glen Oaks, NY–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2012. Bipolar patients with a history of cannabis use demonstrate superior neurocogitive performance compared to patients with no history of use, according to clinical data published online in the journal Psychiatry Research. Investigators at The Zucker Hillside Hospital in Long Island, NY, along with researchers at[Read More…]
FDA Approves Marqibo to Treat Rare Type of Leukemia
Orphan drug approved under agency’s accelerated approval program Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2012. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Marqibo (vincristine sulfate liposome injection) to treat adults with a rare type of leukemia called Philadelphia chromosome negative (Ph-) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). ALL is a rapidly[Read More…]
Gradual Drop in Youth Tobacco Use Continues, But Significant Problem Areas Remain
Surgeon General’s Report outlines key steps to further reducing tobacco use among youth Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2012. Tobacco use among American middle school and high school students showed a slow decline from 2000 to 2011, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention But when compared[Read More…]
Drivers of Marine Biodiversity: Tiny, Freeloading Clams Find the Key to Evolutionary Success
Two tiny clams, members of the superfamily Galeommatoidea, attached to their host, a spiny sand crab. The clams, members of the species Mysella pedroana, are located near the base of the crab’s right eye. The superfamily contains about 500 described species of clams, most of which are less than[Read More…]
