NIH-supported researchers find abnormality in brain area influencing breathing, heart functions Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. More than 40 percent of infants in a group who died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) were found to have an abnormality in a key part of the brain, researchers report. The abnormality affects[Read More…]
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Brain Abnormality Found in Group of SIDS Cases
NIH-supported researchers find abnormality in brain area influencing breathing, heart functions Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. More than 40 percent of infants in a group who died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) were found to have an abnormality in a key part of the brain, researchers report. The abnormality affects[Read More…]
Coalition Steps in to Defend Maui Residents from Pesticides and GE Contamination
Files to protect citizen-approved GE crop moratorium and impact study ordinance Pgiam / iStockphoto Honolulu, HI —(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. A coalition of Maui and Molokaʻi residents, farmers, and public interest groups, represented by Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Earthjustice, has filed papers in Honolulu federal district court to defend[Read More…]
Overwhelming Majority of Americans Say Supreme Court Should Side with Employee Who Was Denied Reasonable Accommodations During Pregnancy
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in the pregnancy discrimination case Young v. United Parcel Service, a new poll released today finds that an overwhelming majority of Americans—79 percent—believe that the Supreme Court should side with Peggy Young. Young, a former United Parcel Service, or UPS, driver,[Read More…]
With Some Bee Protective Suggestions, Oregon Task Force Fails to Focus on Neonics
Washington,DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. Last Wednesday, a special Task Force on Pollinator Health in Oregon delivered a series of recommendations to the Oregon legislature on how to help the state’s honey bees, native bees, and other pollinators,but failed to address the clear threat that neonicotinoid insecticides pose to pollinators. Because the[Read More…]
Public Excluded, Industry Invited to North Carolina Oil Drilling Meeting
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. A coalition of fifteen environmental and public interest groups expressed serious objections to President Obama’s closed-door meeting to discuss energy exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf off the mid-Atlantic coast. The meeting was convened by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources and held[Read More…]
Feds Agree to Protect More Habitat for East Coast’s Most Endangered Whales by 2016
BOSTON—(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. A deadline for expanding critical habitat protections for the North Atlantic right whale — one of the world’s most endangered whales — has been set in response to a legal settlement agreement. Each year most of the 500 North Atlantic right whales remaining on Earth migrate from[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Releases 2014 Holiday Safe Shopping Guide
Attorney General’s Guide Details Dangerous Products of 2014, Provides Tips for Illinois Families to Protect their Financial Information During the Holiday Shopping Season Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—November 24, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today released her annual Safe Shopping Guide highlighting hazardous toys, children’s products and household items that have been recalled[Read More…]
U.S. Concerned by Passage of Discriminatory Law, Arrests of LGBT Individuals in The Gambia
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 24, 2014. We are dismayed by President Jammeh’s decision to sign into law legislation that further restricts the rights of LGBT individuals and are deeply concerned about the reported arrests and detention of suspected LGBT individuals in The Gambia. These reports follow the signature into law of a[Read More…]
FDA Warns Against Using Laparoscopic Power Morcellators to Treat Uterine Fibroids
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking immediate steps to help reduce the risk of spreading unsuspected cancer in women being treated for uterine fibroids. In an updated safety communication, originally issued in April 2014, the FDA warns against using laparoscopic power morcellators[Read More…]
