Day: July 3, 2013

Communities Across the Country Bombarded By Pollution Urge EPA to Follow Current Science

Environmental health and justice advocates submit comments on cumulative impacts of toxic pollution Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2013. On Friday, June 28, 2013, Earthjustice and 28 other local and national environmental health and justice advocacy organizations filed comments to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to update the science the agency[Read More…]

Study: Cannabis Compound Reduces Cigarette Consumption In Tobacco Smokers

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2013. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The inhalation of the non-psychoactive cannabinoid CBD (cannabidiol) significantly mitigates tobacco smokers’ desire for cigarettes, according to clinical trial data published online in the journal Addictive Behaviors. Investigators at University College London conducted a double blind pilot study to assess[Read More…]

The Law is Moving Forward: Let’s Keep Focus on Working Families

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2013.  The following is a statement from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) regarding the Obama administration’s decision to streamline employer responsibility reporting and delay the implementation of employer responsibility requirements for one year: “The overwhelming majority of large corporations offer healthcare to their employees and the[Read More…]

Angel’s Touch Collections Recalls Butterfly and Shell Lamps Due to Shock and Fire Hazards; Sold Exclusively at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2013.  Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: July 03, 2013 – Recall number: 13-233   Recalled butterfly clip light Recall Summary Name of product:  Decorative lamps Hazard:  The lamps[Read More…]

NOAA, Partners Predict Significant Harmful Algal Bloom in Western Lake Erie This Summer

Satellite image of 2011 bloom (the most severe in decades). Download here (Credit: MERIS/NASA; processed by NOAA/NOS/NCCOS ) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2013.  NOAA and its research partners predict that the 2013 western Lake Erie harmful algal bloom (HAB) season will have a significant bloom of cyanobacteria, a toxic blue-green algae,[Read More…]

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