Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2011. Qualitest Pharmaceuticals today issued a voluntary, nationwide, retail-level recall of multiple lots of oral contraceptives. The recall is being implemented because of a packaging error, where select blisters were rotated 180 degrees within the card, reversing the weekly tablet orientation and making the lot number[Read More…]
Day: September 16, 2011
Haitian Farmers Fighting Monsanto and Chemical-Intensive Agriculture (Video)
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- An exclusive interview with Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, executive director of Haiti’s Papaye Peasant Movement (MPP), on fighting Monsanto and chemical-intensive agriculture. The interview was conducted August 26, 2011 by Jay Feldman, executive director of Beyond Pesticides, and Marie-Jose Etheart, Beyond Pesticides supporter, collaborator and Kreyol translator. See the full story here: Haitian[Read More…]
White House Blocks EPA Chemical Health Review
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- (Beyond Pesticides, September 15, 2011) Bowing to pressure from the chemical industry, the administration of President Barack Obama recently blocked a new and desperately needed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) review of chemical health hazards which was developed under the agency’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), according to Daniel[Read More…]
Tall Grass Arts Association to Preview Film ‘Hogtown’ at GSU
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 16, 2011. A film is being made in our midst and we have an opportunity to be part of the process. If you would like to learn more, please join local writer/director, Daniel Nearing, cinematographer, Sanhoon Lee, and Tall Grass Arts Association’s Board Member, Suzanne Patterson on[Read More…]
World Leaders Must Take Binding Steps to Curb Unhealthy Food Industry – UN Expert
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–16 September 2011. A United Nations human rights expert today called for taxing unhealthy food, regulating harmful marketing practices and standing up to the food industry, urging world leaders not to miss the chance at a summit next week to end a state of affairs that kills nearly 3 million[Read More…]
DOT Fines Lowestfare.com for Violations of Code-Share Disclosure Rules
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2011. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined the online ticket agent Lowestfare.com, LLC $50,000 for failing to adequately disclose to consumers when flights were being operated under a code-sharing arrangement. Today’s action is part of the Department’s effort to ensure that all sellers of air[Read More…]
White House to Launch ‘Digital Promise’ Initiative
Responding to President’s Call to Action, Key Effort by Leaders in Industry and Universities to Transform Learning Technology Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2011. Today, the White House and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the launch of “Digital Promise,” a new national center created by Congress with bipartisan support to advance[Read More…]
Former and Current Soldiers and Recruiter Indicted for Allegedly Obtaining Recruiting Bonuses Through Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—September 16, 2011. Six current and former members of the U.S. military have been charged a 41-count indictment in San Antonio for allegedly defrauding various U.S. military components and their contractor of approximately $127,000 by fraudulently obtaining recruiting bonuses, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s[Read More…]
BP Amoco to Pay U.S. $20.5 Million to Resolve Allegations of Royalty Underpayments from Indian and Federal Lands
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—September 16, 2011. BP Amoco Corp. (formerly Amoco Corp.), Amoco Production Company, BP Exploration & Oil Inc., BP America Inc., Atlantic Richfield Company and Vastar (the BP defendants) have agreed to pay the United States $20.5 million to resolve claims that the companies violated the False Claims Act by knowingly[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Two Army Casualties, September 16, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. Rodolfo Rodriguez Jr., 26, of Pharr, Texas, died Sep. 14 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He[Read More…]
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