Kiss Your Internet Goodbye!
Democratic and Republican government officials warned this morning that a United Nations summit in December will lead to a virtual takeover of the Internet if proposals from China, Russia, Iran, and Saudi Arabia are adopted.[...]
“These are terrible ideas,” Rep. Fred Upton, a Michigan Republican, said during a U.S. House of Representatives hearing. They could allow “governments to monitor and restrict content or impose economic costs upon international data flows,” added Ambassador Philip Verveer, a deputy assistant secretary of state.
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Called the World Conference on International Telecommunications, or WCIT, the summit will review a set of telecommunications regulations established in 1988, when home computers used dial-up modems, the Internet was primarily a university network, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was a mere 4 years old.
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Unless the U.S. and its allies can block these proposals, they “just might break the Internet by subjecting it to an international regulatory regime designed for old-fashioned telephone service,” Rep. Greg Walden, an Oregon Republican said
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BPA Petitions to FDA
For the past three Congresses, Rep. Markey has led the fight to ban BPA from all food and beverage containers by introducing the Ban Poisonous Additives Act. Research has found that BPA leaches from containers into food and beverages and has been linked to cancer, reproductive dysfunction and heart disease. The chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) is used to harden plastics and is present in many household products, including food and beverage containers.
Petition to FDA on infant formula and baby and toddler food packaging can be found HERE.
Petition to FDA on small reusable household food and beverage container packaging can be found HERE.
Petition to FDA on canned food and beverage packaging can be found HERE.
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Petition to FDA on infant formula and baby and toddler food packaging can be found HERE.
Petition to FDA on small reusable household food and beverage container packaging can be found HERE.
Petition to FDA on canned food and beverage packaging can be found HERE.
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