TOKYO, JAPAN –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015 —Today, Center for Food Safety and the Seikatsu Club Consumers’ Co-operative Union (SCCCU) of Japan, jointly opposed the commercialization of the genetically engineered (GE) salmon recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The novel fish is the first ever GE animal approved[Read More…]
Day: December 8, 2015
Precedent-setting Campaign to Block Nestlé and Others from Bottling Water in Oregon County Submits Three Times the Number of Signatures Needed to Qualify for Ballot
Ballot measure to protect local water gains momentum. Hood River County, Ore. –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. Residents of this picturesque Columbia River Gorge county this week submitted three times as many signatures as they need to qualify for the ballot an initiative that would block corporate behemoth, Nestlé, from bottling and[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Introduces Major Clean Energy Jobs Package
Plan Would More Than Double the Clean Energy Workforce WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015 – As part of his plan to create a sustainable, clean-energy economy, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation today that would significantly reduce carbon pollution and help put us on a path to more than double the size[Read More…]
UN Agency Urges Jordan to Allow 12,000 Desperate Syrian Refugees Stranded at Border
Fifteen year old Mohammad sits in front of the Azraq refugee camp in Jordan, where he lives with his family and goes to a UNICEF supported school. He fled in 2015 when the conflict in his hometown in the Golan Heights in south-western Syria intensified. Photo: UNICEF/Badran GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–8 December 2015[Read More…]
Senator Durbin: Inflammatory, Hateful Rhetoric Does Not Reflect Who We Are as Americans
Senator, Illinois Methodist Bishop Sally Dyck, and others reject efforts to exclude all Muslim immigrants WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. Amid statements and inflammatory rhetoric that unfairly vilify billions of Muslims, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke on the Senate Floor today to call for thoughtfulness and tolerance that reflect[Read More…]
Senator Durbin: Congress Must Close Dangerous Loopholes to Reduce Horrific Gun Violence
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. In the wake of both recent mass shooting tragedies and the daily toll of gun violence across the America, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke on the Senate Floor yesterday to call for commonsense reforms to close loopholes in gun laws. During his remarks,[Read More…]
Citing Recent Outrageous Examples, Senator Durbin Calls on FTC to Review Sharp Spikes in Drug Pricing
Senator also says FTC should scrutinize mergers and acquisitions for their potential impact on drug pricing decisions WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. In a meeting yesterday with the Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) called on the agency to make a timely review of[Read More…]
Call for Police Killings, Police Deaths to Be Reported as Notifiable Weekly Public Health Data
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. Although no reliable official data currently exist on the number of law enforcement-related deaths each year in the U.S., counting these deaths can and should be done because the data constitute crucial public health information that could help prevent future deaths, according to a new[Read More…]
Chemicals Linked With Severe Respiratory Disease Found in Common e-cigarette Flavors
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. Diacetyl, a flavoring chemical linked to cases of severe respiratory disease, was found in more than 75% of flavored electronic cigarettes and refill liquids tested by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Two other potentially harmful related compounds were also found in many[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth: U.S. Should Heed President Obama’s Call to Lead with Strength, Not Fear
SCHAUMBURG, IL –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) today issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s Oval Office Address to the Nation: “From the Oval Office, President Obama called on each of us to lead with strength, not fear, as we work to win the global war on terror[Read More…]
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