New from the FDA:
A Web page, “Consumer Health Information for You and Your Family” (www.fda.gov/consumer), provides comprehensive and timely consumer information.
A free monthly e-newsletter - “FDA Consumer Health Information” (www.fda.gov/consumer/consumerenews.html), will alert consumers to content contained on the page.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Air Quality Information
From the EPA:
New Database: AirCompare from the EPA
AirCompare, a new EPA-developed air quality tool, provides local air quality information to help people make informed decisions about moving, vacationing or living in different areas of the country.
“From people getting ready to retire to vacationers or those changing jobs, Americans are increasingly considering air quality as they make their plans,” said Bill Wehrum, EPA’s acting assistant administrator for Air and Radiation. “AirCompare helps answer those questions in a way that’s simple to understand.”
AirCompare uses EPA’s popular Air Quality Index (AQI) to explain air quality from a health perspective.
A person with asthma, for example, can use AirCompare to select up to 10 counties across the country — and with the click of a button, find out how many days the air was unhealthy for asthmatics last year. Or someone planning a trip can find out the best time of year to visit a particular area, based on concerns about asthma, heart disease, outdoor activity, or just general interest.
New Database: AirCompare from the EPA
AirCompare, a new EPA-developed air quality tool, provides local air quality information to help people make informed decisions about moving, vacationing or living in different areas of the country.
“From people getting ready to retire to vacationers or those changing jobs, Americans are increasingly considering air quality as they make their plans,” said Bill Wehrum, EPA’s acting assistant administrator for Air and Radiation. “AirCompare helps answer those questions in a way that’s simple to understand.”
AirCompare uses EPA’s popular Air Quality Index (AQI) to explain air quality from a health perspective.
A person with asthma, for example, can use AirCompare to select up to 10 counties across the country — and with the click of a button, find out how many days the air was unhealthy for asthmatics last year. Or someone planning a trip can find out the best time of year to visit a particular area, based on concerns about asthma, heart disease, outdoor activity, or just general interest.
Monday, May 7, 2007
The Price of Gasoline
From the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights:
The Changing Relationship Between the Price of Crude Oil and the Price At the Pump
(PDF; 191 KB)
From the Press Release:
A report commissioned by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights shows a sharply higher (and still growing) gap between crude oil prices and gasoline prices — and between pump prices in California and the rest of the nation. The study, conducted by oil analyst Tim Hamilton, finds that Californians are paying $7 to $15 per fill-up more than the rest of the nation, with gasoline prices stuck at 40 cents to 55 cents a gallon above the U.S. average.
Because the costs of making gasoline are relatively stable, the disconnect between oil and gasoline prices amounts to a bottom-line bonanza for oil companies, the report concludes.
The Changing Relationship Between the Price of Crude Oil and the Price At the Pump
(PDF; 191 KB)
From the Press Release:
A report commissioned by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights shows a sharply higher (and still growing) gap between crude oil prices and gasoline prices — and between pump prices in California and the rest of the nation. The study, conducted by oil analyst Tim Hamilton, finds that Californians are paying $7 to $15 per fill-up more than the rest of the nation, with gasoline prices stuck at 40 cents to 55 cents a gallon above the U.S. average.
Because the costs of making gasoline are relatively stable, the disconnect between oil and gasoline prices amounts to a bottom-line bonanza for oil companies, the report concludes.
Friday, May 4, 2007
Presidential Campaign Finance
From the Center for Responsive Politics -
"a non-partisan, non-profit research group ... that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy."
Compilation of data on campaign contributions for the 2008 presidential election.
Candidate profiles include total funds raised and spent, cash on hand, debts, and a breakdown of sources of the funds (such as individual contributions). Also includes week-by-week comparisons, a donor lookup, contributions by industry, and other data.
URL: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.asp?cycle=2008
"a non-partisan, non-profit research group ... that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy."
Compilation of data on campaign contributions for the 2008 presidential election.
Candidate profiles include total funds raised and spent, cash on hand, debts, and a breakdown of sources of the funds (such as individual contributions). Also includes week-by-week comparisons, a donor lookup, contributions by industry, and other data.
URL: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.asp?cycle=2008
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Adolescent Health
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
Fact sheets, data, and other material about adolescent health topics such as injuries, alcohol and drug use, sexual behaviors, nutrition and obesity, skin cancer, and youth violence.
Includes background on the National Initiative to Improve Adolescent Health by the Year 2010, and links to related websites.
URL:
http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec801e457a
Fact sheets, data, and other material about adolescent health topics such as injuries, alcohol and drug use, sexual behaviors, nutrition and obesity, skin cancer, and youth violence.
Includes background on the National Initiative to Improve Adolescent Health by the Year 2010, and links to related websites.
URL:
http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec801e457a
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Women in Congress
From the Joint Committee on Printing (via GPO Access)
Women in Congress 1917 - 2006 (House Document No. 108-223)
Reference document including biographical profiles of individual Representatives and Senators, portraits of every woman who has served in Congress, and statistical graphs and charts.
Women in Congress 1917 - 2006 (House Document No. 108-223)
Reference document including biographical profiles of individual Representatives and Senators, portraits of every woman who has served in Congress, and statistical graphs and charts.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
GovTrak.us Updates
New from GovTrack.us:
Updates at GovTrack.us
GovTrack continues developing into an essential resource for political and legislative research in the U.S. It has many useful tools/databases and it’s free.
What's new:
A new Presidential Candidates page for those candidates that have served in Congress. You can see how they line up in political leanings, sorted them based on their position in GovTrack’s Political Spectrum.
The representative statistics page has been updated to go back a few more years, and the political spectrum has been updated for the 110th Congress.
New download options at the top-right of the main Votes page and on the pages for individual roll call votes so that you can import the data into Excel (CSV format) or use it for other applications (XML format).
Source: GovTrack News and Notes
Updates at GovTrack.us
GovTrack continues developing into an essential resource for political and legislative research in the U.S. It has many useful tools/databases and it’s free.
What's new:
A new Presidential Candidates page for those candidates that have served in Congress. You can see how they line up in political leanings, sorted them based on their position in GovTrack’s Political Spectrum.
The representative statistics page has been updated to go back a few more years, and the political spectrum has been updated for the 110th Congress.
New download options at the top-right of the main Votes page and on the pages for individual roll call votes so that you can import the data into Excel (CSV format) or use it for other applications (XML format).
Source: GovTrack News and Notes
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