Efficiencies in garbage collection free up $9.5 million in resources to be redirected toward tree trimming CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel yesterday announced that the Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) is redirecting 10 crews to the Bureau of Forestry to completely eliminate the backlog in tree trimming requests. [Read More…]
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New Database Shows Nanotechnology in Common Food Products
Searchable inventory provides new tool for consumers and researchers as food safety agency fails in its duty Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2015. Center for Food Safety (CFS) today released a new searchable database of consumer food products that contain nanotechnology. Common food related products that contain nanotechnology include candies (M&M’s, Skittles),[Read More…]
Positive Beliefs About Marijuana Among Pre Teens Predict DUI in High School
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 6, 2015. What adolescents as young as 12 years old think about marijuana can determine their likelihood of driving under the influence (DUI) and riding with a drinking driver once they get to high school, according to a study in the November 2015 issue of Pediatrics[Read More…]
Screening Children for Physical Abuse Could Identify Children Earlier
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 6, 2015. Child physical abuse is common, with more than 119,000 victims and 600 deaths every year in the U.S. Early symptoms of abuse are also commonly missed by health care providers. For the study, “Testing for Abuse in Children With Sentinel Injuries,” in the November[Read More…]
Reproductive Health Experts Call for Action on Toxic Chemicals
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2015. Last week, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) released a statement encouraging broad-based policy measures that prevent exposure to toxic environmental chemicals. “The global health and economic burden related to toxic environmental chemicals is in excess of millions of deaths and billions of dollars[Read More…]
General Mills Issues Voluntary Recall of Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios Cereal Produced at its Lodi, California Location on Certain Dates
NEVADA–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2015. General Mills is voluntarily recalling several days of production of Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios cereal produced at its Lodi, California facility on certain dates in July of this year because of an undeclared allergen – wheat – with potential adverse health effects. Because this recall relates to[Read More…]
FDA Launches National Public Education Campaign to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use Among Multicultural Youth
“Fresh Empire” empowers teens who identify with hip-hop community to live tobacco free Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the launch of a national public education campaign to prevent and reduce tobacco use among multicultural youth who identify with the hip-hop peer crowd[Read More…]
Tuesday, Oct. 6: Voices for Creative Nonviolence and Coalition of Peace Groups to Hold Emergency Protest Re: Airstrike on Afghanistan Hospital
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 6, 2015. On Tuesday, October 6th at 3 p.m. in front of Stroger Hospital (Ogden & Damen in Chicago), Voices for Creative Nonviolence and Coalition of Peace Groups will hold an emergency protest regarding the airstrike on the Doctors Without Borders Afghanistan Hospital. During the 2003 Shock and Awe[Read More…]
FDA Approves New Injectable Drug to Treat Schizophrenia
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2015. On October 5, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Aristada (aripiprazole lauroxil) extended release injection to treat adults with schizophrenia. Aristada is administered by a health care professional every four to six weeks using an injection in the arm or buttocks. Schizophrenia is a[Read More…]
In New Ad, Hillary Clinton Campaign Highlights GOP Leader’s Admission That Benghazi Committee Is Partisan Attack Vehicle
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 6, 2015. In a new ad airing on national cable television, Hillary for America highlights House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s candid admission that the true goal of the House Select Committee on Benghazi is to damage Hillary Clinton’s political standing – not to investigate the tragic events that[Read More…]
