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By Thomas Galligan, Ph.D., Toxicologist Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Recent years have seen an increase in the number of aluminum-free antiperspirants and deodorants on the market. The trend has been led by smaller, boutique brands marketed as “natural,” such as Here + Now, Justin Bieber’s new “gender-neutral” deodorant from Schmidt’s Naturals. But even Dove, one […]
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THE DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL SHOULD HAVE ENDED THE TRUMP-PENCE ADMIN’S DISCRIMINATORY TRANS TROOP BAN: HRC joins leading LGBTQ organization to express disappointment that the final FY20 National Defense Authorization Act does not include the Speier/Brown amendment, which would have codified non-discrimination and ended the administration’s ban on transgender service members. “It is unconscionable that thousands […]
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December 10, 2019 New York protects children’s health and environment from neurotoxic chlorpyrifos ALBANY, N.Y. – Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) today directed the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to take action to ban the use of chlorpyrifos. With the governor’s action, New York has joined Hawai’i and California in outlawing the use of the […]
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This morning the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on encryption and “lawful access.” That’s the fanciful idea that encryption providers can somehow allow law enforcement access to users’ encrypted data while otherwise preventing the “bad guys” from accessing this very same data. But the hearing was not inspired by some new engineering breakthrough that might […]
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Responding to the statement made by Aung San Suu Kyi at the International Court of Justice in The Hague today, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s Regional Director, said: “Aung San Suu Kyi tried to downplay the severity of the crimes committed against the Rohingya population. In fact, she wouldn’t even refer to them by name or […]
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He’s been named by the United States and Britain as being the leader of a Russian gang that committed some of the largest cyberthefts in history, an organization known as Evil Corp. Moreover, U.S. authorities allege that at the same time as he was running Evil Corp, Maksim Yakubets was also working for Russia’s main […]
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A lot of what you know about snakes is probably wrong. You’re not alone. In fact, I recall a dream trip to the Amazon Basin when our group came upon a snake on a night hike. “Red on black, friend of Jack,” I said, repeating a snake-safety rule I learned in school. Every member of […]
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The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Wednesday demanding that two US Homeland Security agencies — Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement — release details on how they’ve been using powerful phone surveillance tools. From a report: The ACLU is suing after the two agencies declined to provide it with documents […]
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Facebook FTC BREAKING: Court Orders FTC and Facebook to Reply to EPIC’s Brief Today the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered both Facebook and the FTC to file replies to EPIC’s amicus brief and sur-replies to EPIC’s motion to intervene in United States v. Facebook. The case concerns the proposed settlement between […]
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I have a confession: I love Instagram. As an avid photographer, Instagram helps me engage with that passion in my daily life. Following pro photographers and studying their work makes me a better photographer. I learn about beautiful places, species, and cultures I wouldn’t otherwise know about. And I can share my own photos and […]
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Around the globe, freedom of expression (or free speech) varies wildly in definition, scope, and level of access. The impact of the digital age on perceptions and censorship of speech has been felt across the political spectrum on a worldwide scale. In the debate over what counts as free expression and how it should work […]
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019 A new report by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, links chemicals commonly used in hair dyes and chemical hair straighteners to an increased risk of breast cancer. The study, published last week in the International Journal of Cancer, found that participants who regularly used permanent hair dye […]
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Much hype preceded the Paris meeting of Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Vladimir Putin, the first face-to-face talks between the current leaders of Ukraine and Russia on the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Many Ukrainians feared Zelenskiy would make major concessions to Putin, particularly with European leaders eager for progress toward peace looking on. But the modest agreements […]
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Today, HRC Foundation commemorates Human Rights Day, marking the date in 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The declaration was the first time the global community spelled out a set of inalienable rights everyone is entitled to have, including LGBTQ people. “This Human Rights Day, we reflect […]
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Apple v. FBI amicus cybersecurity encryption EPIC to Congress: Strong Encryption Keeps Our Nation Secure In advance of a hearing on “Encryption on Lawful Access,” EPIC wrote to the Senate Judiciary Committee “now is not the time to undermine the systems that we all rely upon to secure our data and communications.” EPIC cited growing […]
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Responding to the decision today by Russia’s Third Court of Appeal to uphold the conviction of two youth activists, Yan Sidorov and Vladislav Mordasov, the Director of Amnesty International Russia, Natalia Zviagina, said: “Today’s farcical court decision, which hastened the confirmation of Yan and Vladislav’s manifestly unjust conviction and imprisonment, is an indictment of Russia’s […]
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An investigation by Gizmodo has revealed that it’s possible to obtain the locations of Ring doorbell cameras from post on Amazon’s Neighbors app. An anonymous reader writes: Amazon has continuously deflected criticism and claimed it is dedicated to user privacy. The company insisted Ring users have a “choice in what information, if any, they share […]
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For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 5, 2019 WASHINGTON – Manufacturers of the highly toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS may have scored a big win if key provisions to reduce releases and clean up these contaminants from drinking water sources were scrapped from a final defense spending bill before Congress. Among the provisions – long championed […]