Sold Exclusively at BJ’s Wholesale Clubs Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name[Read More…]
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Audubon Leader Comments on Gulf of Mexico Initiative
New Natural Resources Conservation Service program joins other Gulf of Mexico restoration developments Gerry Ellis – Mississippi Delta Baton Rouge LA–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has announced the Gulf of Mexico Initiative, which will deliver up to $50 million in financial and easement assistance over[Read More…]
Government Study Finds Nearly Half of Drug Courts Do Not Reduce Recidivism
Only 18 of 32 Drug Courts Showed Statistically Significant Reduction in Re-Arrest Rates of Drug Court Participants Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. The Government Accountability Office last week released a report, in which it finds that only 18 of 32 drug courts – or just over 50% – showed statistically significant[Read More…]
Nurses Top Gallup Poll on Honesty, Ethics – Again
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. It’s time to put nurses in the Hall of Fame. For the 12th time in 13 years, nurses have earned top honors in the annual Gallup poll on ethics and honesty. The Gallup organization does a yearly survey asking Americans to rate “the honesty and ethical standards”[Read More…]
6,000 California RNs Set One-Day Strike December 22
Walkout to Target Bay Area Sutter Hospitals, Long Beach Memorial; Nurses Cite Patient Care Issues, Cuts in Healthcare Coverage CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. Nurses are poised to hold a one-day strike at California’s second largest private hospital, and one of its most profitable corporate hospital chain December 22. The strike will affect[Read More…]
New Lease Sale Ignores BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Groups challenge Lease Sale 218 citing no lessons learned from Gulf disaster ATLANTA, GA–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. The federal government ignored the impact of BP’s 200 million gallon oil spill in its assessment of risks and precautions for the Gulf of Mexico before the first new lease sale since the Deepwater[Read More…]
Advocates, Local Officials Urge Supreme Court to Review Long Beach Medical Marijuana Case
Amicus ‘friend of the court’ brief filed yesterday also seeks depublication of a widely misinterpreted ruling San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. A coalition of advocates and public officials filed an amicus ‘friend of the court’ brief yesterday, asking the California Supreme Court to take the appeal of Pack v. City[Read More…]
Many Young Children Overdosing From Medicines at Home
New educational program reminds parents to keep medication “Up and Away and Out of Sight” Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. Each year, one of every 150 two–year–olds visits an emergency department in the United States for an unintentional medication overdose, most often after finding and eating or drinking medicines without adult[Read More…]
Campaign to Cut Waste: Vice President Biden Announces U.S. Will Halt Production of Excess Dollar Coins
Department of Justice recovered a record $5.6 billion in fraud in 2011 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. As part of the Obama Administration’s Campaign to Cut Waste, Vice President Biden today announced the U.S. Mint would suspend the production of presidential dollar coins for circulation. Today, nearly 1.4 billion surplus dollar[Read More…]
FDA Issues Warning Letters for Misleading Advertising of Lap-Band
Ads lack information on risks of gastric banding Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it has taken action against eight California surgical centers and the marketing firm 1-800-GET-THIN LLC, for misleading advertising of the Lap-Band, an FDA-approved device used for weight loss[Read More…]
