Kentuckians no longer facing 30% bill increase to clean up coal plant Louisa, KY–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2012. Yesterday, Kentucky Power, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, notified the Public Service Commission that it will withdraw its application to install clean air controls on their Big Sandy coal fired power plant in[Read More…]
Science
Study: Cannabis Use Associated With Lower Mortality Risk In Patients With Psychotic Disorders
Baltimore, MD–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2012. The use of cannabis is associated with lower mortality risk in patients with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders, according to a forthcoming study to be published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research. An international team of investigators from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and[Read More…]
Maryland Continues Pesticide Study Despite Warnings from Environmental Groups
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2012. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene have enrolled Maryland households in a study that involves spraying the controversial pesticide bifenthrinon their property to determine the efficacy of this approach in controlling Lyme disease. Now in[Read More…]
Avoiding Second-Hand Pesticides: How to Talk to Your Neighbors About Their Lawn Chemicals
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2012 This sign lets your neighborhood know where you stand on the applications of pesticides. Those other signs are ubiquitous these days. “Caution.” “Warning.” “Danger.” “Keep off the Grass.” Usually in yellow, but sometimes in green, gray, red or black, the flags are nearly as plentiful as lawns[Read More…]
NYTimes: New York Plans to Ban Sale of Big Sizes of Sugary Drinks
New York-(ENEWSPF)- From the New York Times: The sale of any cup or bottle of sweetened drink larger than 16 fluid ounces — about the size of a medium coffee, and smaller than a common soda bottle — would be prohibited under the first-in-the-nation plan, which could take effect as[Read More…]
Ghostly Gamma-ray Beams Blast from Milky Way’s Center
This artist’s conception shows an edge-on view of the Milky Way galaxy. Newly discovered gamma-ray jets (pink) extend for 27,000 light-years above and below the galactic plane, and are tilted at an angle of 15 degrees. Previously known gamma-ray bubbles are shown in purple. The bubbles and jets suggest that[Read More…]
Atrazine Manufacturer To Pay $105 Million to Community Water Systems
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2012. A settlement between plaintiffs and the manufacturer of the endocrine disrupting herbicide atrazine, Syngenta, will pay $105 million to settle a nearly 8-year-old lawsuit and could help reimburse community water systems (CWS) in 45 states that have had to filter the toxic chemical from its drinking[Read More…]
Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access Reply to the Disappointing Response from the Obama Administration
VIRGINIA—(ENEWSPF)—May 29, 2012. White House replies to Veterans petition: http://wh.gov/4xd Thousands of Veterans requested the Obama Administration to look into the reliable science now available showing exactly how cannabis works to alleviate suffering of Veterans pain and save the lives of Veterans with brain injuries such as PTSD and therefore make[Read More…]
Nuclear Energy Institute: No Public Health Concern From Radiation Levels in Blue Fin Tuna
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2012. Over the weekend, multiple media outlets reported that trace levels of radioactive Cesium had been found in Blue Fin Tuna caught off the coast of California. The radioactive particles had been picked up from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (click here for the report), according[Read More…]
Doctors Without Boders Postpones Reopening of Maternity Hospital in Afghanistan
KABULl/KHOST–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2012—Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has postponed a decision to resume work in its maternity hospital in Khost province in eastern Afghanistan. Five weeks after an explosion in the hospital injured seven people, MSF still does not feel that the environment is secure for its patients and[Read More…]
