Jetzt wurde Bisphenol A endlich von der europäischen Chemikalienagentur (ECHA) als “besonders besorgniserregender Stoff” eingestuft und die Europäische Behörde für Lebensmittelsicherheit (EFSA) empfiehlt, die DTA (duldbare tägliche Aufnahme) um den Faktor 100.000 zu reduzieren (Nachricht Global2000). Das kommt nicht lange nachdem uns der deutsche BUND für Umwelt und Naturschutz geschrieben hat: „Vor einem Jahr waren es Yogamatten und Springseile, im letzten Sommer Lebensmittelverpackungen, jetzt Gartenartikel. Wann immer wir Alltagsprodukte auf gefährliche Schadstoffe untersuchen, werden wir fündig. Und zwar in so erschreckend hohem Maße, daß wir uns gezwungen sehen, die Behörden einzuschalten.” Das hat sich auf Weichmacher, auch auf fluorierte Verbindungen für Outdoorjacken und bromierte Verbindungen zum Flammschutz bezogen, nicht nur auf BPA. Bleibt jetzt zu hoffen übrig, daß Bisphenol A nicht bloß durch andere schädliche Stoffe wie Bisphenol F oder S ersetzt wird, sondern daß es zu einem wirklichen Redesign der Produkte mit unschädlichen Stoffen kommt.
As a side effect of a routine control we have discovered a manipulated pdf file in /uni/ quasi by coincidence. The file did not equal the file from the directory of the seminary though it had initially been copied from there. The content of that directory has not changed since, neither should have the files in the web mirror directories. Both the online version and the versions in the upload and offline mirrors did show the same manipulated file. We have re-uploaded the fresh and unchanged file, we have uploaded it at hybrid-analysis.com and sent it the lead developer of Cuckoosandbox. Both parties have both versions of the file, our email and a description about the origins of the files in order to check it for viruses. Up to now we did not receive a notification whether the file in deed contains malware or not. It would also be possible that the file had merely been changed to prevent indexing by Google since the text of the original file can be read with ps2ascii, but not the supposedly manipulated version. The fact that our Openoffice version as used at that time produced pdfs readable by ps2ascii is also an indication that something has in deed been manipulated about that file. We have printed both files and compared them sentence by sentence but the printouts were exactly the same.
As we care about the security of our visitors we do now provide checksums in the SHA512SUMS.signed file also for our pdfs. We have double checked the integrity of all our other pdfs we offer for download. Additionally we want to encourage you to vote for 'make https the default protocol' in order to make the web a safer place. It is known from the Snowden Revelations that site administrators are an especially targeted group by western secret services and providers of content distribution networks seem to pose an especially worthwhile target. We would recommend every responsible administrator who cares about security to do web browsing and emailing either on a physically separated machine than the ssh logins or in a virtual machine. Unfortunately not even a virtual machine is a 100% protection as scarcely but in deed sandbox escapes from virtualization software become known.
“Después de estar encerrado en una fábrica Halfway bajo las duras condiciones durante cinco días, quiero compartir la buena noticia que finalmente me han permitido regresar a mi familia. Estoy muy agradecido a todos los que me apoyaron durante lo que fue realmente una experiencia de Kafkaesque. Había poca información y prácticamente ninguna transparencia. Apenas dormí, ya que temía que iba a ser encadenado en medio de la noche y regresé a la prisión de Danbury. Ahora debo reconocer que el peligro en el que estoy viviendo es más serio de lo que había imaginado.” No dijeron ninguna razón concluyente a Steven Donziger sobre por qué fue arrebatada de su casa y detenida: “Un miembro del personal en el edificio Halfway me dijo que mi repentina detención era “tontería” y no habría sucedido ausente alguna presión externa.” Finalmente, señor Donziger concluye: “Si puedo ser sacado de mi hogar en Manhattan, en un momento dado, sin previo aviso, todos los defensores de la Tierra están en peligro.”
“Depois de ser trancado em um prédio de Halfway sob condições duras por cinco dias, quero compartilhar a boa notícia que finalmente hei sido autorizado a retornar à minha família. Eu sou tão grato a todos que me apoiaram durante o que foi verdadeiramente uma experiência kafkaesca. Houve pouca informação e praticamente nenhuma transparência. Eu mal dormi como temia que eu fosse algemado no meio da noite e voltasse para a prisão de Danbury. Devo reconhecer agora que o perigo em que estou vivendo é mais sério do que imaginava.” Steven Donziger não foi informado de qualquer razão conclusiva sobre por que ele foi arrancado de casa e detido - “Um membro da equipe no prédio Halfway me disse que minha súbita detenção era “absurdo” e não teria acontecido sem pressão externa.” Finalmente senhor Donziger conclue: “Se posso ser retirado da minha casa em Manhattan em um momento dado sem aviso, todos os defensores da Terra estão em perigo.”
“After being locked up in a halfway house under harsh conditions for five days, I want to share the good news that I have finally been allowed to return to my family. I am so thankful to everyone who supported me during what was truly a Kafkaesque experience. There was little information and virtually no transparency. I barely slept as I feared I was going to be shackled in the middle of the night and returned to the Danbury prison. I must now recognize that the danger in which I am living is more serious than I had imagined.” Steven Donziger was not told any concludent reason on why he was snatched out of home and detained - “A staff member at the halfway house told me that my sudden detention was “nonsense” and would not have happened absent some outside pressure.” Finally Mr. Donziger concludes: “If I can be taken out of my home in Manhattan on a moment’s notice with no warning, all Earth Defenders are in danger.”
