Day: August 9, 2016

Kohler Power Systems Recalls Portable Generators Due to Shock Hazard

Kohler PRO5.2 Portable Generator Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016 Recall Summary Name of product:  Kohler portable generators Hazard:  The generators have a wiring error, which can result in an electrical shock risk if an electrical device is plugged into the generator. Remedy:  View Details Repair Consumer Contact:  Kohler Power Systems toll-free[Read More…]

Researchers Find Brain’s ‘Physics Engine’ (Video)

This region that helps humans predict how the world will behave is ‘among the most important aspects of cognition for survival’ Baltimore, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016.  Whether or not they aced it in high school, human beings are physics masters when it comes to understanding and predicting how objects in the[Read More…]

Civil and Human Rights Coalition Applauds NAACP Voting Rights Act Sit-In at House Judiciary Chairman Goodlatte’s Office

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016.  Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement in response to the NAACP’s sit-in inside House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte’s Roanoke, Va., office on Monday. The sit-in occurred exactly three months before the first presidential election in[Read More…]

International Olympic Committee Sanctions Four Athletes for Failing Anti-Doping Tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympics

Lausanne, Switzerland–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. As part of this process, the IOC today announced that four athletes have been disqualified from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 and London 2012. The details follow. Nurcan TAYLAN, 32, of Turkey, competing in the women’s 48kg weightlifting event, has been disqualified from the Olympic Games[Read More…]

In Miami, Hillary Clinton Vows to Confront the Zika Crisis As President Obama and Calls On Congress to Address It

FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016.  At Borinquen Medical Center in Miami on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton toured a facility tirelessly working to prevent and treat the Zika virus. Clinton also highlighted the work of the healthcare professionals and community health centers on the front lines of the crisis and called on Republican leaders[Read More…]

Unsafe Levels of Toxic Chemicals Found in Drinking Water for Six Million Americans

Drinking water samples near industrial sites, military fire training areas, wastewater treatment plants have highest levels of fluorinated compounds Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016.   Levels of a widely used class of industrial chemicals linked with cancer and other health problems—polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)—exceed federally recommended safety levels in[Read More…]

Medical Cannabis A Viable Strategy to Address the Opioid Crisis

Advocates Hope Lawmakers Consider Cannabis as Strategy Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016.   Today, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) released the Medical Cannabis Access for Pain Treatment: A Viable Strategy to Address the Opioid Crisis report to educate legislators and health practitioners on the benefits of medical cannabis as a treatment option[Read More…]

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