RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 11 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein called on the U.S. Senate to pass a Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with needed protections to combat exposures to poly- and perfluoroalkyl (PFAS) "forever" chemicals--a class of highly toxic chemicals that persist in the environment and pose serious threats to public health. "I'm doing everything in my power as attorney genera  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper on the U.S.-Turkey trade relations (No. IF10961) on Nov. 9, 2022, by Shayerah I. Akhtar, international trade and finance specialist. Here are excerpts: * * * Turkey is a NATO ally straddling Europe and the Middle East. With a large consumer class, skilled and youthful labor force, and geostrategic location, Turkey has been attractive to U.S. companies for business and investment. Yet,   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 8 (TNSjou) -- Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health issued the following news release: Buildings renovated with healthier furnishings had significantly lower levels of the entire group of per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS)--toxic chemicals linked with many negative health effects--than buildings with conventional furnishings, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study was published online Nov. 4, 2022  more

LOUGHBOROUGH, England, Nov. 9 -- Loughborough University issued the following news release: Loughborough University is thrilled to announce a multi-year contract extension with premium sportswear brand Kukri. The new agreement - in place until at least 2026 - will see Kukri continue as Loughborough Sport's Official Kit Supplier with the business providing brand-new match apparel, training, and leisurewear across the whole of Loughborough's varied sporting offer. Additionally, Kukri will also   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Nov. 11 (TNStalk) -- Rutgers University issued the following Q&A on Nov. 9, 2022, with Emanuel Goldman, professor of microbiology, biochemistry and molecular genetics at New Jersey Medical School: * * * Rutgers scientists among those experts who believe Triethylene glycol (TEG) should become a government approved antiviral * * * Technology that reliably kills airborne viruses inside buildings could prevent most cases of cold and flu and might have saved millions of  more