(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Matteson, IL-(ENEWSPF)- St. Lawrence O’Toole School in Matteson will hold an Open House on Sunday, January 27th, 2013, from 12:30pm-1:30pm at 4101 St. Lawrence Ave, Matteson, IL. Also featured will be a Book Fair which will run on the same day from 9:30am-1:30pm in the school gym. “All[Read More…]
Day: January 19, 2013
Joliet Man Pleads Guilty to Setting Fire in 2007 to Home of Neighboring African-American Family
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Joliet man is facing an agreed maximum 10-year prison sentence after pleading guilty today to a federal civil rights crime for setting fire to the home of an African-American family on his street in 2007. The defendant, Brian James Moudry, admitted that at approximately 4 a.m. on[Read More…]
Acclaimed Scientists and Activists to Convene at 31st National Pesticide Forum
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2013. Joining the list of speakers at Beyond Pesticides’ 31st National Pesticide Forum are Tyrone Hayes, Ph.D., the biologist best known for his research on the effects of atrazine on frogs, and Isaac N. Pessah, Ph.D., the Chair of the Department of Molecular Biosciences at the University of California,[Read More…]
Groups Say It’s Time to Ban Bee-Killing Pesticide as European Authority Finds Danger Unacceptable
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2013. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) yesterday presented its report which finds that the neonicotinoid class of insecticides poses unacceptable hazards to bees. The report concludes that certain crops treated with neonicotinoid chemicals –imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam– are of “critical concern” for bee health. Beekeepers and[Read More…]