Day: February 5, 2015

Children’s Pajamas and Robes Recalled by Lazy One Due to Violation of Federal Flammability Standard

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015 Recalled Lazy One footed pajamas Recall Summary Name of product:  Children’s pajamas and robes Hazard:  The footed pajamas and robes fail to meet the federal flammability standard for children’s sleepwear, posing a burn hazard to children. Remedy:  View Details Replace Consumer Contact:  Lazy One toll-free at[Read More…]

Performance Packaging Recalls Children’s Food Pouch Attachment Due to Choking Hazard

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015.  PouchPop Topper Recall Summary Name of product:  The PouchPop™ Topper Hazard:  The tube of the pouch topper that screws onto the food pouch can separate from the round base, posing a choking hazard to young children. Remedy:  View Details Refund Replace Consumer Contact:  Performance Packaging toll-free[Read More…]

EPA Finalizes Updates to Air Standards for Future Wood Heaters

Phased-in updates will ensure a smooth transition to cleaner and more efficient wood heaters WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing standards to limit the amount of pollution that wood heaters, which will be manufactured and sold in the future, can emit. These standards, which[Read More…]

Following Institute of Medicine Study Confirming Agent Orange Exposure, Bipartisan Group of Senators Calls on VA Secretary to Ensure Post Vietnam Air Force Veterans Receive Proper Benefits and Compensation

WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–February 4, 2015.  A bipartisan group of senators led by Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) today called on VA Secretary Robert McDonald to ensure that veterans long denied care for exposure to Agent Orange receive timely and proper benefits and compensation. The letter[Read More…]

Paramedics May Be First Line of Treatment for Stroke

NIH study demonstrates feasibility of getting drugs to stroke patients faster Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015.  There is no time to waste when it comes to stroke. The more time that passes between stroke onset and treatment, the worse the outcome is for the patient. A study designed to test the[Read More…]

NRDC: House Again Votes to Weaken Health, Safety, Environmental Protections

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 4, 2015–The House once again today voted to weaken environmental, health, safety and consumer safeguards for the public by approving the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, which would impose layers of bureaucratic red tape on the laws that protect Americans against pollution and food contamination, and subject proposed[Read More…]

Hear the Nine: Center for American Progress Launches First Three Stories in Series on Impact of King v. Burwell

New website to feature nine stories for each Supreme Court justice who will rule on the Affordable Care Act. Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–February 4, 2015.  Personal stories from Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas kick off a month-long campaign by the Center for American Progress to highlight the very real impacts of the[Read More…]

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