Required pollution control upgrades are modern standard in wide use by coal plants elsewhere around the country Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012. Three aging coal-fired power plants in Arizona will need to upgrade their smokestack pollution control equipment under a plan proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) late yesterday. Visibility[Read More…]
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FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Home Use HIV Test Kit
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test, the first over-the-counter, self-administered HIV test kit to detect the presence of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and type 2 (HIV-2). HIV is the virus that causes acquired immune[Read More…]
Methadone Linked to 30 Percent of Prescription Painkiller Overdose Deaths
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012. The prescription drug methadone accounted for 2 percent of painkiller prescriptions in the United States in 2009, but was involved in more than 30 percent of prescription painkiller overdose deaths, according to a CDC Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and[Read More…]
FDA Proposes Unique Device Identification System for Medical Devices
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012. Today, in response to requirements in legislation that passed Congress with broad bipartisan support, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed that most medical devices distributed in the United States carry a unique device identifier, or UDI. A UDI system has the potential to improve[Read More…]
SMOS Satellite Measurements Improve as Ground Radars Switch Off
Sea surface salinity EU–(ENEWSPF)–3 July 2012. Over a dozen radio signals that have hindered data collection on ESA’s SMOS water mission have been switched off. The effort also benefits satellites such as NASA’s Aquarius mission, which measures ocean salinity at the same frequency. We all know what happens when[Read More…]
California Court of Appeal Affirms Legality of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and Rejects Municipal Bans
City of Los Angeles will soon vote on whether to enact an outright ban similar to the County ban just rejected Los Angeles, CA–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012. The Second District Court of Appeal in California issued a landmark decision yesterday in County of Los Angeles v. Alternative Medicinal Cannabis Collective (AMCC),[Read More…]
Concerned Oahu Citizens Demand that Monsanto Stop Poisoning Hawaii
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012. Several organizations, including Occupy Wall Street Maui and GMO-Free Maui, as well as over 100 concerned citizens, held a protest on Thursday, June 28 in front of the Monsanto Corporation headquarters in Kunia on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii. According to the organizers, the protesters met[Read More…]
12 Year-Old Stands Up To Big Plastic, Rallies 150,000 To Stop Bill That Would Make Plastic Bag Bans Illegal In Illinois
Fifth-grader Abby Goldberg launched a campaign on Change.org to stop big plastic from crushing her dream to ban plastic bags in her community; Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is considering whether to sign or veto a bill that could make it illegal for towns in Illinois to pass plastic bag bans;[Read More…]
NASA: The ‘Flame’ Burns Bright in New WISE Image
The Flame Nebula sits on the eastern hip of Orion the Hunter, a constellation most easily visible in the northern hemisphere during winter evenings. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA-(ENEWSPF)- A new image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, shows the candle-like Flame nebula lighting up a cavern of dust.[Read More…]
Fireworks Over Mars: The Spirit of 76 Pyrotechnics (Video/Story)
One month and a day after America celebrates its independence with fireworks, a series of meticulously-engineered fireworks must operate for the Curiosity rover to safely reach the surface of the Red Planet as shown in this artist’s concept. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA-(ENEWSPF)- One month and a day after celebrating its[Read More…]
