The FBI is trying to get access to a massive database that contains the private communications and passwords of the victims of the Badtrans Internet worm. Badtrans spreads through security flaws in Microsoft mail software and transmits everything the victim types. Since November 24, Badtrans has violated the privacy of millions of Internet users, and the FBI would like to get hold of the information it has collected.
read more
Prolonged exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) from electricity power lines doubles the risk of childhood leukemia, according to a 3-year study carried out by six senior epidemiologists from major institutions around the world, who are part of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). Childhood leukemia, which develops in the bone marrow, accounts for one third of all childhood cancers.
In the UK about 0.4% of children are exposed to high EMF levels, and more than 23,000 homes there are located near power lines. While all homes are exposed to low level EMFs from electrical wiring and domestic appliances, there is no evidence that these levels are high enough to cause the disease.
read more
Scientists have long known about the correlation between air quality and infant illness. Now a UCLA study shows that the harmful effects of air pollution can extend even into the womb.
More than a dozen studies in the United States, Brazil, Europe, Mexico, South Korea and Taiwan have linked smog to low birth weight, premature births, stillbirths and infant deaths. But the latest research found that women exposed to high levels of ozone and carbon monoxide were three times more likely than others to have babies with cleft lips and palates and defective heart valves. They found that the greatest risk occurs during the second month of pregnancy, when a fetus develops most of its organs and much of its facial structure.
read more
German computer experts are trying to find the truth behind an unexplained surge in financial transactions made just before two hijacked planes crashed into New York?s World Trade Center on September 11. And they?re finding the evidence inside the ruins of the Twin Towers themselves.
There was a sharp rise in credit card transactions moving through some computer systems at the WTC shortly before the planes hit the twin towers. This could be a criminal enterprise?in which case, did they get advance warning? Or was it only a coincidence that more than $100 million was rushed through the computers as the disaster unfolded?
read more