NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2014. The Brennan Center for Justice applauds Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s decision to bring the USA FREEDOM Act to the floor for a vote. The bill, sponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy, would prohibit the bulk collection of Americans’ telephone records and other similar data. It also[Read More…]
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California Strawberry Production Thrives as Regulators Allow Elevated Hazards
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2014. In an investigative report, Dark Side of the Strawberry, Center for Investigative Reporting provides a sordid story and analysis of the rise of one of California’s most prized crops, strawberries, while state regulators ignored public health and environmental risks associated with the pesticides used in their production. The report[Read More…]
Youth Tobacco Smoking Rates Putting Millions at Risk of Premature Death
More than 1 in 5 high school students use a tobacco product; 90 percent are tobacco smokers Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2014. Almost 23 percent of high school students currently use a tobacco product, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in today’s Morbidity and[Read More…]
Nearly One Million Doctor Visits for Eye Infections Annually in US
Improper contact lens habits pose major risk for serious infections Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2014. Each year, Americans make nearly a million doctor visits for eye infections, resulting in $175 million in direct health care costs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated in the first study of its[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth International Expresses Solidarity with the People of Ferguson, Missouri and People Around the World Who Face Social and Racial Injustices
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—November 13, 2014. During its recent biennial meeting, Friends of the Earth International representatives expressed concern over the growing rise of social and racial injustices, most recently in Ferguson, Missouri. Delegates representing 75 organizations on every continent and whose members comprise the world’s largest grassroots environmental network, have[Read More…]
Lawsuit Targets Secretive Plan to Ramp Up Tar Sands Oil Shipments in Alberta Clipper Pipeline
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2014. Conservation and tribal groups filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. State Department’s secretive approval of a plan to allow Canadian oil giant Enbridge to nearly double the amount of tar sands oil in the Alberta Clipper pipeline. The approval this summer happened without public notice[Read More…]
Naloxone Distribution Begins at Project Access in Newark
Project Access is Second Syringe Access Program in the State to Distribute the Life-Saving Overdose Antidote—First in North Jersey; Advocates and Family Members Who Lost Loved Ones to Overdose Applaud Important Step in Implementation of Overdose Prevention Act Trenton—(ENEWSPF)—November 13, 2014. On Tuesday, November 18th Project Access, the Sterile Syringe[Read More…]
EPA, MDEQ and UP Officials Celebrate Removal of Lake Superior Area of Concern from Binational List of Toxic Hotspots
Ishpeming, Michigan—(ENEWSPF)—November 13, 2014 – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator/Great Lakes National Program Manager Susan Hedman today joined Ishpeming Mayor Mike Tall, state officials and local residents at Deer Lake in Ishpeming, Michigan, to mark the removal of this toxic hotspot from a binational list of “Areas of[Read More…]
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Other Members to Hold a Bipartisan Press Conference on Marijuana Legalization
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—November 13, 2014. The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton and other Members of Congress whose states have legalized or relaxed restrictions on marijuana and who support the District of Columbia’s right to legalize marijuana will host a press conference on how Congress should[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Proposes Strong Federal Protections for Prepaid Products
Bureau’s Proposal Includes New ‘Know Before You Owe’ Prepaid Disclosures WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—November 13, 2014. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing strong, new federal consumer protections for the prepaid market. The proposal would require prepaid companies to limit consumers’ losses when funds are stolen or cards are[Read More…]
