WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]
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District Court Ruling Challenges EPA’s Enforcement Process on Pesticides
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011. A recent federal district court ruling is the latest in the series of setbacks against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA’s) ability to enforce the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide & Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The decision could affect at least five Stop Sale, Use or Removal Orders (SSUROs)[Read More…]
Vice President Biden Calls on New Generation to Take Action in Preventing Dating Violence and Sexual Assault at School and On Campus
On 17th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act, Vice President Biden Says “1 is too Many” Youth Victims of Dating Violence and Sexual Assault Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011. Earlier today, in a video message tweeted by @VP, Vice President Biden called on high school and college students to share[Read More…]
FACT SHEET: Repairing and Modernizing America’s Schools
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011. Today, President Obama submitted to Congress the American Jobs Act, a bill designed to jumpstart economic growth and job creation. Tomorrow, the President will visit the Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School in Columbus, Ohio to highlight his proposal to put workers back on the[Read More…]
Copies of Original IL Birth Certificates Available to Adoptees and Those Surrendered
IMPORTANT CHANGE — Previously Confidential Information Now Releasable SPRINGFIELD, ILL.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011. Under the amended Illinois Adoption Act (750 ILCS 50), starting November 15, 2011, adults born on or after January 1, 1946 in Illinois who were surrendered or adopted, can request a non-certified copy of their original Illinois birth[Read More…]
As the Number of Measles Epidemics Skyrocket, Global Response Lags
Paris/New York–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011 – On September 13-14, 2011, the Measles Initiative will meet in Washington, D.C., bringing together organizations seeking to eliminate measles worldwide. Given the troubling resurgence of measles epidemics over the last three years, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for an effective outbreak response[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders Launching Traveling Interactive Exhibition Sept. 13 in New York
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2011 – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is presenting “Starved for Attention,” a free interactive exhibit that simulates a Doctors Without Borders field clinic, to raise awareness about the crisis of childhood malnutrition, a preventable and treatable condition that nonetheless continues to affect 195 million[Read More…]
Herschel Paints New Story of Galaxy Evolution
Galaxy forming stars EU–(ENEWSPF)–13 September 2011. ESA’s Herschel infrared space observatory has discovered that galaxies do not need to collide with each other to drive vigorous star birth. The finding overturns this long-held assumption and paints a more stately picture of how galaxies evolve. The conclusion is based on Herschel’s[Read More…]
Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition Respond to Attack in Kabul , Sept. 13
KABUL, Afghanistan–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011. A small group of insurgents attacked the vicinity of the U.S. Embassy and International Security Assistance Force Afghanistan headquarters today, firing from outside the compound using small arms and rocket-propelled grenades. The attack started around 1:30 p.m. (local). Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces immediately[Read More…]
Durbin Says Code of Conduct Shows Willingness of For-profit College Industry to Improve Transparency; Encourages Further Action
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today made the following statement after many for-profit colleges announced that they have signed on to a voluntary agreement called, “Standards of Responsible Conduct and Transparency”. “For-profit colleges signing on to a voluntary code of conduct shows that some in the[Read More…]
