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NASA The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 1:32 pm EDT on May 3, 2013. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however -- when intense enough -- they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel. This disrupts the radio signals for as long as the flare is ongoing, and the radio blackout for this flare has already...
SALT LAKE CITY, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The whistleblower whose False Claims Act case against a wholly owned subsidiary of Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) settled for about $37 million said he was pleased with the outcome announced today. The settlement requires ATK Launch Systems (ATK) not only to pay $21 million to the federal government to settle the qui tam case but also requires ATK to retrofit the 76,000 defective flares that remain in the government's inventory. The...
LONDON, Jan. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2011, Zaggora launched Hotpants to the world with huge success - selling over 275,000 pairs within the first five months. The concept is focused on harnessing body heat which stimulates calorie burning and helps to reduce cellulite. The success saw an explosion in Facebook fans from 0 to 80,000 in just a couple of months in 2011. Eagerly anticipated by women all over the world, Zaggora has now expanded its range of technology-advanced active...
MONTREAL, Aug. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- North America's premier online shopping club, Beyond the Rack, announced today that it is partnering with leading Canadian fashion and lifestyle magazine, Flare, to help launch its line-up of fall events. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110623/NY25219LOGO) Starting today, and until the middle of September, Flare's Editor-in-Chief, Lisa Tant, will feature ten of her favorite Beyond the Rack items each week in a new gallery located under the...
WHITE SPRINGS, Fla., July 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA and others are warning of oncoming solar flares that will be similar to the 1882 TRANSIT OF VENUS solar storm that burned up Western Union which was the only technology then. Experts advise oncoming flares will burn up anything solid-state such as computers, radio and TV transmitters and cell towers as they all use some form of DC 70 Volt bus systems. Eastern Canada was hit by a small flare in 1989 and it burned out power...
The U.S. government said Wednesday it plans to limit the amount of perchlorate, a chemical found in rocket fuel, explosives and bleach present in drinking water. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said in a statement that studies have shown a link between consuming perchlorate and thyroid problems in pregnant mothers and babies. "Scientific research indicates that perchlorate may disrupt the thyroid's ability to produce hormones that are critical to developing fetuses and...
KINGWOOD, Texas, Feb. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Envirogen Technologies, Inc. (Envirogen) announced today that it has begun construction on a first-of-its-kind biological drinking water treatment plant in collaboration with West Valley Water District (WVWD) and the City of Rialto, Calif. The new plant, which will be installed at WVWD headquarters in Rialto, will treat perchlorate (as well as nitrate) from groundwater at District Well No. 11 and Rialto Well No. 6, producing up to 3 million...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The best available science overwhelmingly points to the conclusion that California's current perchlorate public health goal (PHG) of 6 parts per billion in drinking water is exceptionally conservative and highly protective of public health. California's proposed decision to lower the PHG to 1 part per billion would jeopardize water supplies and increase costs for water consumers statewide without any corresponding public health benefit....
California has been making some real progress on important drinking water issues in recent weeks. Last week I blogged about the newly proposed Public Health Goal (PHG) for cancer-causing hexavalent chromium in drinking water. Today, the State proposed a welcome new PHG for another important contaminant -- perchlorate. The new proposal "“ at 1 part per billion (ppb) "“ is significantly more stringent than the prior California standard of 6 ppb and is designed to protect infants and...
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) was awarded a $71 million contract by the Department of Defense to provide LUU-2D/B and LUU-19B/B illuminating flares supporting the military efforts of the United States and its allies. The contract includes production and delivery of the flares for three years, with the first deliveries in 2011. The primary end user will be the U.S. Air Force. The LUU flares are aircraft-deployed and provide illumination for battlefield operations,...
