Aboard Air Force One En Route San Juan, Puerto Rico–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2011 – 10:57 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Everyone ready? Good morning. Thanks for being here. Before I take your questions I just wanted to let you know that the President not long ago finished a phone call with[Read More…]
Day: June 14, 2011
USDA Loans, Grants Can Defray Cost for Radon Mitigation in Rural Low-Income Homes
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2011. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) strongly encourages everyone in Illinois to test their home for radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas known to cause lung cancer. Thousands of people have tested their homes, and nearly 40 percent were found to have high levels of radon. Those[Read More…]
Department of Education Reinforces Students’ Right to Form Gay-Straight Alliances
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2011. The Department of Education today issued a “dear colleague” letter to school districts around the country reinforcing students’ legal right under the federal Equal Access Act to form gay-straight alliances (GSAs). Under the Equal Access Act, schools are required to treat extracurricular clubs equally. Increasingly, school districts[Read More…]
DOE and The Appraisal Foundation Announce New Partnership to Focus on Energy Performance and Building Appraisals
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2011. As part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to improve commercial building efficiency 20 percent by 2020, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu yesterday announced a partnership with The Appraisal Foundation that will help expand access to energy efficiency and building performance information for commercial buildings and help[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Ceramic-On-Metal Total Hip Replacement System
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on June 13 the first ceramic-on-metal total artificial hip system for patients with osteoarthritis. Hip joints consist of bone in the shape of a ball at the top of the thighbone (femur) that fits into a rounded socket[Read More…]
FDA Approves New Test to Help Determine if Breast Cancer Patients are Candidates for Herceptin Treatment
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new genetic test that will help health care professionals determine if women with breast cancer are HER2-positive and, therefore, candidates for Herceptin (trastuzumab), a commonly used breast cancer treatment. The test, called Inform Dual ISH, allows[Read More…]
FDA Announces Changes to Better Inform Consumers About Sunscreen
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that sunscreen products meeting modern standards for effectiveness may be labeled with new information to help consumers find products that, when used with other sun protection measures, reduce the risk of skin cancer and early skin aging,[Read More…]
General Electric, Sharp Recalls GE Air Conditioning and Heating Units Due to Fire Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 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…]
Bahrain: Detained Doctors Without Borders Staff Member Released
BRUSSELS–(ENEWSPF)–JUNE 14, 2011 — A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member detained for weeks in Bahrain was released uncharged on June 11. Saeed Mahdi was arrested in Bahrain on May 6, 2011. Neither his lawyer nor family were granted access to him throughout his detention period. MSF welcomes[Read More…]
Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, June 13, 2011
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 13, 2011 – Update as of 5 p.m. EDT. TEPCO To Test Water Filtration System Plant Status Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) says it will test a new water treatment system on Tuesday at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy facility. The company had planned to check the equipment[Read More…]
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