A CPSC notice covering two fire-hazard recalls: about 151,600 Holmes oscillating ceramic heaters, model HCH1823M, with 132 reports of units failing or overheating, one report of smoke inhalation and ten more; and Trident ultraviolet sanitation systems for pools.
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International Floriculture Expo to Co-locate with United Fresh in 2015 in Chicago
The International Floriculture Expo will run beside United Fresh's produce show and across from FMI Connect in Chicago, starting June 9-11, 2015 at McCormick Place and again in 2016. Organizers say the co-located events serve the retail supply chain end to end.
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Affinor Growers Inc. (CSE:AFI) Formerly Affinor Resources, Changes Business and Enters Medical Marijuana Sector - Video News Alert on Investmentpitch.com
Affinor Growers, formerly Affinor Resources, won Canadian Securities Exchange approval to change its business from resource exploration to agriculture, medical marijuana and industrial hemp, and closed the purchase of a B.C. company seeking a growers licence.
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HelpCare Plus Program Enthusiastically Received at Long-Term Care Solutions Sales Summit in Kansas City
A release says HelpCare Plus, a membership discount program covering long-term care and other health services through a network of more than 236,000 providers, drew heavy website response and a warm reception at a Kansas City sales summit. The company stresses it is not insurance.
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Cytokinetics to Present at Upcoming Healthcare Conferences
Cytokinetics said its management team will present at the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference and the 9th Annual JMP Securities Healthcare Conference in New York, with live webcasts and two-week replays on the company's investor relations pages.
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Social Anxiety Presentation Highlights Beat Anxiety World Online Summit 2014
Therapist Jonathan Berent will present on resolving social anxiety at 9 a.m. on June 18 during the online Beat Anxiety Now World Summit, which features 20 specialists in anxiety and depression. Participants register and log in from anywhere.
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BlueStrata Announces Win at Missouri Veterans Commission
The Missouri Veterans Commission picked BlueStrata's cloud-based electronic health record for resident care management at its seven long-term care facilities, citing support, quality assurance and ease of navigation in comments from reference customers.
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Carolinas HealthCare System, the Heineman Foundation of Charlotte and Chiquita Brands Collaborate to Support Sustainable Healthcare Abroad
Chiquita Brands and the International Medical Outreach Program marked a year of collaboration by installing a mobile cardiac catheterization lab at La Lima Medical Center in Honduras. They have also equipped nine hospitals and clinics and sent 7,500 computers to 500 schools.
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News from CPSC: Emergency Lights, Baby Food Makers realled
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced two recalls: about 1.7 million Lithonia Lighting Quantum ELM and ELM2 emergency fixtures whose circuit boards can overheat and catch fire, and Hamilton Beach baby food makers that pose a small parts hazard.
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Wood-Look Returnable Plastic Crate Selected as Finalist for United Fresh 2014 New Product Award
Polymer Logistics' Wood-Look Returnable Plastic Crate, which the company calls the world's first foldable simulated-wood crate, is one of 40 finalists for United Fresh's 2014 New Product Awards, to be judged at the June show in Chicago.
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InvestmentPitch Media Attending Next Gen's (CSE:N) GreenRush Financial Conference
InvestmentPitch Media will attend the GreenRush Financial Conference at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre as a media sponsor, filming presentations and interviews at an event covering medical marijuana, industrial hemp and alternative medicines.
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Federal pain research database launched
Six federal agencies launched the Interagency Pain Research Portfolio, a searchable database of more than 1,200 federally funded pain research projects sorted by research type and by 29 scientific topic areas. NINDS says it can also help researchers find collaborators.
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News from CPSC: 2 Recalls Announced Today
CPSC announced two recalls: about 2,800 Precision Shooting Equipment TAC and Enigma crossbows that can fire an arrow without the trigger being pulled, and children's pajamas from Empress Arts that violate federal flammability standards.
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Stiles Farm Field Day to feature presentations on weed, grass control in sorghum, new cotton technology
The 51st Stiles Farm Field Day in Thrall on June 17 covers grass and weed control in grain sorghum, new cotton technologies, tractor tire inflation and drought pasture strategies, plus an online decision aid for the 2014 Farm Bill. Registration is $10.
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Innovations Enhance TRU-D SmartUVC Robot, Improving Time-Efficiency for Hospital Infection Prevention Efforts
The makers of the TRU-D SmartUVC germ-killing robot announced enhancements aimed at speed and analytics, including iTRU-D cloud tracking of infection-prevention results. Its Sensor360 technology analyzes a room, calculates the UV dose and disinfects from a single position.
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Harvard Law School Releases State Report on North Carolina's Opportunities to Enhance Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Harvard Law School's Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation will release a report on type 2 diabetes policy in North Carolina, drawn from more than 90 interviews, at Raleigh events and to the state's Diabetes Advisory Council.
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Michael Green Takes on Toxic Chemicals
Center for Environmental Health director Michael Green tells the Green Divas that 84,000 chemicals are in commerce and describes CEH's work stripping toxics from everyday products, including what “BPA-free” actually means and how to avoid BPA.
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California Assembly Passes Historic Law to Remove Plastic Microbeads from Personal Care Products
The California Assembly passed the Microplastic Nuisance Prevention Law, which would ban the sale and manufacture of personal care products containing plastic microbeads. The 5 Gyres Institute, which authored the bill, has documented microbeads escaping wastewater treatment.
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