Power plants, residents weigh in on coal ash plan
More than 100 speakers signed up to comment Thursday on whether the EPA should regulate the disposal of coal ash under rules for hazardous waste.
More than 100 speakers signed up to comment Thursday on whether the EPA should regulate the disposal of coal ash under rules for hazardous waste.
An explosion on an oil platform south of Vermilion Bay sent the 13 people on board into the water Thursday morning around 9:30 a.m.
Rodents, piles of manure, uncaged birds and flies too numerous to count were found by investigators at Iowa egg farms
Contaminated chicken feed is likely to blame for a salmonella outbreak at two major US egg producers that has already sickened some 1,700 people
Food and Drug Administration chief Margaret Hamburg said Monday her agency is limited by law to a mostly reactive stance on food safety and argued that it needs a more “preventive approach.”
Giving a series of network interviews in the wake of the egg and salmonella breakout, Hamburg said the FDA is taking the issue “very, [...]
The companies at the center of a widening recall of eggs that may be contaminated with salmonella head into this week facing new lawsuits and more scrutiny over a reported history of legal and regulatory violations.
The first recall, involving 380 million eggs, was from Wright County Egg of Galt, Iowa, owned by Austin “Jack” DeCoster. [...]
As the nationwide egg recall expands, the FDA has activated its emergency command center to direct its “extensive” investigation.
So far, some 380 million eggs have been recalled — a number that is “evolving,” Sherri McGarry, emergency coordinator for the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, said today at a joint FDA/CDC news teleconference.
“We [...]
The emergency contraceptive drug ulipristal acetate (ella) can be marketed in the U.S. for preventing pregnancy up to five days after unprotected sex, the FDA said.
Ulipristal will be available only by prescription and should not be used as a routine method of contraceptive, the agency noted.
The drug is a selective progesterone receptor modulator that blocks [...]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is asking Republican lawmakers to approve billions of dollars in new spending to avert a scheduled 21 percent cut in payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients.
If GOP senators don’t allow the stalled proposal to pass, some doctors will stop treating Medicare recipients, Obama said in [...]
Washington (CNN) — Salt, a staple in most food, could soon be regulated if the Institute of Medicine has its way.
In a new report, the institute, the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences, is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to set national standards for salt added to processed foods and prepared [...]
Industry the focus for month of September
Water Professionals Week declared in county
Former photographer honored in county fire truck dedication
Historic reunion slated for September in Inverness
Homosassa park names Svoboda volunteer of month
Runners join in fight against ovarian cancer
County employee service awards for August
Hot Pursuit 5K Challenge
Clothing county newborns
CFCC presents student leadership awards