LAS VEGAS–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called on the Obama administration today to end the recently started deportation raids and instead extend Temporary Protected Status to families who have fled violence in Central America. “Raids are not the answer. We cannot continue to employ inhumane tactics involving[Read More…]
Day: January 7, 2016
A Different Kind of Opera at Governors State University’s Center for Performing Arts on Jan. 24
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Jauary 7, 2016. Artists from just about every genre have been celebrating the seasons in song for decades. Simon and Garfunkel shared their Hazy Shade of Winter in 1966. Kid Rock made summer famous in his 2008 hit All Summer Long. Folk pianist George Winston developed an almost[Read More…]
Milky Way International Trading Corp. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Nice! Mandarin Oranges in 8-ounce Bottles Due to Possible Glass in Products
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. Milky Way International Trading Corp. today announced the recall of Nice! Mandarin Oranges in 8-ounce bottles due to potential glass in the product. The affected product was distributed to Walgreens stores nationwide and displays one of the lot numbers listed below. Consumers could potentially be[Read More…]
Environmental Working Group: Dietary Guidelines Fail to Recommend Less Meat Consumption
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. The federal government’s new Dietary Guidelines miss a key opportunity to steer Americans toward a diet that is healthier and better for the environment by not clearly recommending that people reduce their meat consumption, says EWG Research Analyst Emily Cassidy: The new 2015 Dietary Guidelines[Read More…]
Oral Contraceptive Use Not Associated with Increased Birth Defects Risk
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. Oral contraceptives taken just before or during pregnancy do not increase the risk of birth defects, according to a new study by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Statens Serum Institut in Denmark. They found that the prevalence of major birth[Read More…]
UN Calls for Humanitarian Access to Besieged Areas in Syria, Welcomes New Approvals from Government
In December 2015, a mother loads preserved food supplies in a truck as the family prepares to move out of Nashabieh village to a neighbouring safer town within besieged East Ghouta, Syria. Almost 400,000 people are trapped in besieged locations. Photo: UNICEF/Amer Al Shami GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–7 January 2016 – The United[Read More…]
NASA’s CORAL Campaign Will Raise Reef Studies to a New Level
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2015. A new three-year NASA field expedition gets underway this year that will use advanced instruments on airplanes and in the water to survey more of the world’s coral reefs in far greater detail than has ever been assessed before. The Coral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) will[Read More…]
Remains of Lost 1800s Whaling Fleet Discovered off Alaska’s Arctic Coast
A small anchor and other objects that were observed during the Lost Whaling Fleets expedition. (Credit: NOAA) ALASKA–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2015. NOAA archaeologists have discovered the battered hulls of two 1800s whaling ships nearly 144 years after they and 31 others sank off the Arctic coast of Alaska in one of[Read More…]
Federal Authorities Seize Nearly 90,000 Bottles of a Beverage Containing the Herbal Ingredient Kratom
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. United States Marshals, acting with investigators from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, yesterday seized nearly 90,000 bottles of a beverage containing the herbal ingredient kratom. The beverages were manufactured for and held by Dordoniz Natural Products LLC, of South Beloit, and marketed under the brand[Read More…]
NRDC: New Federal Dietary Guidelines Call for Less Meat
Guidance Still Falls Short of Recommendations from Scientific Advisors WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016 – Many Americans, especially men and teenage boys, eat too much red meat, poultry and eggs, and should reduce their consumption, according to new federal dietary guidelines jointly released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and[Read More…]
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