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Suspend Israel from International Sports. Sign the DiEM25 Petition.
https://bdsmovement.net/news/suspend-israel-from-international-sports-sign-diem25-petition
#EU plan to #ban #geoblocking will lead to dull content, warn #film-makers | #EuropeanUnion | The Guardian
The #CopyrightCartels are really talking bullshit, as usual, as if they don't always produce bland garbage.
Beware: Florida officials will make misleding statements.
♲ Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈 - 2023-09-21 16:25:52 GMT
#Republican #Official claims the Fascist State of Florida “does not #ban #books” after releasing #list of 300 #books that have been #banned.One #district removed a whopping 177 #books from #SchoolLibrary shelves during the 2022-2023 school year.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
#Imgur will #ban #explicit images on its platform this month
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/20/imgur-will-ban-explicit-images-on-its-platform-this-month/
In addition to explicit images, Imgur is also removing old and unused photos that are not tied to an account. As a Twitter user noted, Imgur has been used for years to upload #photos without an account and post links to different kinds of sites. Removing those images might result in a lot of dead links all over the #internet.
War and violence is OK but not nudity...
#censorship #change #platform #host #delete #photo #upload #image #news
#Minds founder #BillOttman on "sneaky" TikTok ban.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eZ-FX_V-tY&t=188s
#JRE
Minds Founder Bill Ottman on “Sneaky” #TikTok ##VPN #Ban
Law banning caste-based discrimination comes into effect in US’ Seattle
“It’s not surprising that since we won in #Seattle, #policies against #caste #discrimination have been proposed in #Toronto and #California."
Ban GMOs! - Organic Consumers Association
Please sign and share
https://advocacy.organicconsumers.org/page/39612/action/1?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=OB+795+Sunday&utm_content=OB+795+Sunday
#Ban #GMOs #Petition
Must confess that as a Linux user I found this a very disturbing read...
#OpenSource
#Eu
#ChatControl
#Law
#ban
#Linux
#Systems
https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/2/1/eu-chat-control-law-will-ban-open-source-operating-systems/
Aubontouitefrancais:
Samedi je suis allé à une conférence de Jean-Pierre #Petit
N’étant pas scientifique j’ai rien compris à 75% de ses slides, mais j’ai vu un monsieur incroyablement gentil, vif et passionné qui malgré son âge et une vie entière au #ban de la communauté #scientifique, ne lâche RIEN de ses convictions : les voyages interstellaires sont possibles avec le #modèle-Janus.
Et après, j’ai eu la chance avec des ami(e)s de boire un verre avec lui et voici son message : « j’ai 86 ans. Dans 4 ans j’en aurai 90. J’ai besoin que des jeunes scientifiques (niveau math spé minimum) reprennent mes travaux et prouvent à tous ces connards de Mandarins qui m’ont ostracisé, que j’ai raison. Faites passer le message ».
Voilà. C’est chose faite cher #Jean-Pierre et merci pour tout ce que tu fais.
#Nanotechnology Used #in Over 2,000 #Food Items Goes Unlabeled Due to Weird FDA Loophole:
Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wlAi3KIeTN8
Nanotechnology Used in #Covid #poison darts, 2,000 #Foods Goes #Unlabeled
Extremely small #particles of various #compounds are being used as food #additives, with unknown effects
If you’re one of those people that can often be found in the food aisles of grocery stores reading labels and looking for ingredients you can’t pronounce and don’t want to eat, you’ve most likely noticed several ingredients that, unbeknownst to you, are made using nanotechnology—a process that converts silver, copper, gold, aluminum, silicon, carbon, and metal oxides, among other metals, into atom-sized particles that are one-billionth of a meter in size.
Commonly used nano-sized ingredients include #TitaniumDioxide, which may be the most well-known additive. Others, such as #silicon oxide, calcium carbonate, iron oxides and hydroxides, calcium silicate, tricalcium phosphates, and #synthetic #silicas, are only a few of the additives that may be in your pantry right now.
A New Ingredient
Nanotechnology has become widely used in food production and manufacturing since the #1990s, and its components are unimaginably small—one-hundredth the size of a strand of human hair. They make our food more colorful, brighter, creamier, or crunchier, and they keep it fresher for longer as well.
Nano-sized additives also make some of our medicines more effective.
Nanotechnology is used in the manufacturing of #everyday #products, such as electronics, food and food #packaging, #medicine, #toys, #clothing, #sunscreens, #cosmetics, #dietary #supplements, and #much #more.
While they can provide a myriad of benefits, these increasingly popular product enhancers come at a price, according to #consumer groups and #health experts—and that price is our health.
Health Implications
Because these particles are so small, studies have shown that they can breach the #blood-brain barrier. Researchers are already exploring this quality for drugs meant to treat neurological conditions. But when it comes to food, that’s not a feature anyone is asking for. These particles are also able to circulate throughout the body and get absorbed into the bloodstream and organs. They can #penetrate #cell #walls and potentially create #inflammation and #disease.
“They may pass through the #lining #of the #gut and enter the #bloodstream, which may trigger an inflammatory or immune response,” Harvard School of Public Health’s Georgios Pyrgiotakis told WebMD. “They may also build up in various parts of the body, including the #lungs, the #heart, and reproductive organs.”
In a July 2020 study, a group of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that titanium dioxide, which is commonly added to #gum, #candy, #drinks, and #desserts, caused changes in the gut #microorganisms of two groups of mice.
Both were given doses of titanium oxide. One group was fed a low-fat diet and the other a high-fat diet. After further testing to isolate the titanium dioxide effect, both groups had inflamed colons, which can lead to abdominal pain and diarrhea. The obese mice had more pronounced symptoms.
Vaccine Technology
Nanotechnology is currently being used in two of the three #mRNA #COVID-19 vaccines being given in the United States today.
There’s a #ipid #nanoparticle coating surrounding the mRNA in the vaccines, which allows them to penetrate the cell’s wall.
“Lipid #nanoparticles are a vital component of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, playing a key role in protecting and transporting the mRNA effectively to the right place in cells,” stated the Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical Society.
“Of the many COVID-19 vaccines under development, the two vaccines that have shown the most promising results in preventing COVID-19 infection represent a new class of vaccine products: They are composed of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) strands encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNP).”
But scientists have continued to call for greater oversight of these substances by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because of their size. Because they easily cross the blood-brain barrier, they may damage it by altering the layer of cells that line the inner wall of blood vessels.
FDA Looks Closer
The FDA, the agency charged with overseeing these additives, has begun to weigh the health risks from nano-sized additives.
The agency currently classifies nanoparticles in food with the designation Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) if the manufacturer is already using the same ingredient in its larger, conventional form.
“The particle size distribution of a food substance may affect its ability to be absorbed by the body or to migrate from food packaging into food,” the FDA stated in a 2007 guidance document on nanotechnology in food.
“The FDA does not categorically judge all products nanomaterial or otherwise involving application of nanotechnology as intrinsically benign or harmful. The FDA is monitoring the evolving science and has a robust research agenda to help assess the safety and effectiveness of products using nanotechnology.”
In 2011, the FDA Nanotechnology Task Force was created to coordinate its efforts with research scientists in the United States and internationally. Its goals are to train staff in the latest science at state-of-the-art facilities and to encourage collaborative research projects.
“Production and application of nanoparticles in consumer products is at an all-time high due to the emerging field of nanotechnology,” the FDA stated in a 2017 Grand Rounds webcast. “Direct detection and quantification of trace levels of nanoparticles within consumer products is very challenging and problematic.”
Tiny Particles, Growing Problem
By 2020, the FDA reported that applications for the approval of products containing nanotechnology had skyrocketed in the previous 10 years. According to many experts in the United States, there are 1,900 to 2,500 food products that use nanotechnology.
In response to health concerns about these products, countries around the #world have taken steps to limit or #ban some or all nanotechnology in their food.
In 2010, #Canada #banned nanotechnology in #organic food production. Since 2011, the #EuropeanUnion has required all food to be #labeled if it contains #engineered #nanomaterials. In 2015, the bloc required additional testing to ensure health safety.
In 2018, the European Food Safety Commission was petitioned by a group of scientists within the agency to reject the food additive silicon dioxide as safe for consumption because of nanoparticles in it, until a particle size distribution could be confirmed.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, #France banned any foods containing #titanium #dioxide from entering the country.
In the United States, the FDA doesn’t require any products produced with nanoparticles to be labeled or banned, and its guidelines recommend oversight on a case-by-case basis. Research on the long-term effects of ingesting nanoparticles remains scant.
Mexico’s Ban on Genetically Modified Corn to be Addressed at North American Leaders’ Summit
'More than 300 peasant, indigenous, and environmental organizations of Mexico came together in the national campaign Sin Maíz No Hay País, or “Without corn there is no country” to support the ban on the import of genetically modified corn. These organizations have highlighted the damage that genetically modified crops cause to biodiversity, especially in a country like Mexico, which is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, and where corn is the staple food.'
#mexico #ban #geneticallymodified #gm #corn #northamericanleaderssummit #us #usmca #latinamerica #economy #environment #foreign-affairs #peasant #indigenous #biodiversity
US bans sale of #Huawei, #ZTE #tech amid #security fears
source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63764450
Because the #ban is not retroactive, the firms listed can continue to sell products previously approved for sale in the US.
So it's just a matter of escalating the #trade #war, because if the products were really dangerous, they would have all been banned.
#politics #technology #china #usa #economy #news #problem #spy
