WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2016. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) issued the following statement today after the Senate Agriculture Committee narrowly passed a version of the House-adopted Deny Americans the Right to Know, or DARK Act. The bill would block states from enacting GMO labeling laws and make it harder for companies[Read More…]
Month: March 2016
War Weary Families in Central African Republic Face Dire Food Situation – UN
In Gordil, Central African Republic, after three years of conflict, for children under-five, their bodies weakened from malnutrition, the biggest killers were not bullets but instead malaria, respiratory infections and diarrhoea. Photo: OCHA/Gemma Cortes GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–1 March 2016 – Three years of conflict and ongoing displacements in the Central African Republic[Read More…]
‘Stand Out and Stand Together,’ Says UN on Zero Discrimination Day (Video)
Zero Discrimination Day is an opportunity to join together against discrimination and celebrate everyone’s right to live a full and productive life with dignity. Source: UNAIDS NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 March 2016 – The United Nations agency leading the world’s HIV/AIDS response today called on the international community to celebrate individuality, as[Read More…]
FTC Releases Annual Summary of Consumer Complaints
Debt Collection, Identity Theft, and Imposter Scams Remain Top Categories of Complaints Received by FTC in 2015 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2016. Debt collection, identity theft and imposter scams were the most common categories of consumer complaints received by the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel Network in 2015, according to the[Read More…]
EPA Moves to Cancel the Insecticide Flubendiamide
Products cause risk to aquatic animals and environments – manufacturers fail to comply with the terms of the registration WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2016. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a notice of intent to cancel all Bayer CropScience, LP and Nichino America, Inc., flubendiamide products that pose a[Read More…]
Air Pollution Linked to Higher Risk of Preterm Birth for Mothers with Asthma
Early exposure may affect pregnancy outcomes, NIH study finds. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2016. Pregnant women with asthma may be at greater risk of preterm birth when exposed to high levels of certain traffic-related air pollutants, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.[Read More…]
Using National Service Programs to Help Workers Who Face Barriers to Employment
Hundreds of new volunteers are sworn into the AmeriCorps national service program at the 20th anniversary ceremony at the White House on September 12, 2014. Source: AP/J. Scott Applewhite Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2016. In a new report released today, the Center for American Progress provides recommendations for how[Read More…]
In-N-Out Burger Commits to Eliminating Overuse of Antibiotics in Beef
Public interest groups welcome news, press for timeline and detailed policy OAKLAND, CALIF. —(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2016. In a surprising departure from past policies, In-N-Out Burger publicly indicated last week that it is committed to serving “beef that is not raised with antibiotics important to human medicine.” The fast food chain[Read More…]
Former Guantánamo Chief Being Investigated for Torture Is a No-Show at French Court Hearing
Attorneys to Seek Arrest Warrant New York, Paris –(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2016. Retired U.S. General Geoffrey Miller, the former Guantánamo prison chief, was a no-show in a French court Tuesday. Miller had been summoned to answer questions stemming from accusations that he oversaw the torture of three French nationals at Guantánamo[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry With German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Good evening, everybody. Well, Frank-Walter and I wanted to take advantage of Leap Year, the extra day in February, so we figured we’d get together once again. We are hardly, hardly strangers. We spent an enormous amount of time in Vienna, in Lausanne, in[Read More…]
