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NEWS ... GLOBAL NEWS ... SPYCHIPS: COMBINING EAS Dr Albrecht says: "This will be a The Atlanta conviction follows two other TAGS WITH RFID consumer privacy nightmare—and no one _ cases of vegan parents found guilty of the lo Dr Katherine Albrecht, founder of — will even know it's happening. That's deaths of their babies. Previously, a New CASPIAN Consumer Privacy and co- _ because industry lobbyists have prevented York couple was convicted of murder and a author of Spychips, our worst consumer RFID labeling legislation from passing Florida couple of manslaughter. Many privacy nightmare is for anti-theft tags anywhere in the nation. There isno more babies, however, have been (known in the industry as "EAS" tags) | requirement that retailers or manufacturers malnourished on soy milk because of their some day to be combined with individually _ tell us when they're hiding RFID tags in our _ parents' vegan ideology. trackable RFID chips and slipped into clothes, shoes, books, or anything else." "The myth that soy is a health food has consumer products. Well, those tags are (Source: CASPIAN news release, 29 April led many parents—particularly vegans, now here. 2007, http://www.spychips.com; RFID who use no animal products—to believe Checkpoint Systems has unveiled the Journal, 27 April 2007, http://www.rfid that soy milk is a complete and nourishing Evolve product family of labels, which —journal.com/article/articleview/3280/) food not only for adults but for babies and marries RFID technology with Checkpoint's children. It is not, and severe vitamin, electronic article surveillance (EAS) SOY MILK IS DANGEROUS mineral, fatty acid and amino amino acid technology. Checkpoint developed the dual- FOR BABIES deficiencies will occur. That's why purpose labels to offer its retail customers a lhe murder conviction in Atlanta, USA, supplements are required by law to be means of leveraging RFID tools for in-store of vegan parents whose six-week-old added to soy infant formula." inventory visibility while continuing to use baby died of starvation underscores the In 2003, the deaths of three Israeli the EAS tags as a theft deterrent. dangers of vegan ideology to infants. To infants from improperly manufactured soy The Evolve labels contain a Checkpoint supplement the mother's inadequate supply formula led the Israeli Health Ministry to 8.2 MHz radio frequency (RF) EAS inlay, of breastmilk, the parents had fed their son form a 13-member committee of which does not contain a microprocessor or soy milk and apple juice. The baby was _ paediatricians, oncologists, toxicologists carry a unique ID. The inlay is designed to only 3.5 pounds when he died of starvation and other health experts to investigate soy trigger an alarm if passed through an EAS _ in April 2004. formula and soy foods. reader stationed around store exits, unless "Soy milk should never be given to In July 2005, the Ministry issued a health first deactivated at the point of purchase. infants in place of formula," says KaaylaT. advisory in which it warned that babies The labels also contain an 850-950 MHz Daniel, PhD, author of The Whole Soy _ should not receive soy formula (except as a EPC Gen 2 RFID inlay, to which an EPC Story: The Dark Side of America's last resort) and that children up to age 18 can be encoded to identify and track Favorite Health Food. should not eat soy foods or drink soy milk individual products. "In 1990, the FDA issued a warning more than once per day to a maximum of The initial Evolve tag design, the Evolve about the use of soy milk for infants, _ three times per week. 410, involves the placement of an EAS _ stating that it is 'grossly lacking in the The Ministry was concerned about many antenna around the RFID inlay, containing nutrients needed for infants’, and asked all health issues, including adverse effects on an Impinj Monza chip on an adhesive paper manufacturers to put warning labels on soy _ fertility and increased cancer risk. The substrate. The labels are slightly less than milks so that they would not be used as governments of the UK, Switzerland and two inches (5.1 cm) square, enabling it to formula substitutes." Yet most makers of | New Zealand have also warned that soy be attached to most hang-tags for apparel soy milk put warning labels on the package _ infant formula should only be used as a last and footwear products. in very tiny print, if at all. resort. An MIL shanld navas h. ot all The Atlanta conviction follows two other cases of vegan parents found guilty of the deaths of their babies. Previously, a New York couple was convicted of murder and a Florida couple of manslaughter. Many more babies, however, have been malnourished on soy milk because of their parents’ vegan ideology. "The myth that soy is a health food has led many parents—particularly vegans, who use no animal products—to believe that soy milk is a complete and nourishing food not only for adults but for babies and children. It is not, and severe vitamin, mineral, fatty acid and amino amino acid deficiencies will occur. That's why supplements are required by law to be added to soy infant formula." In 2003, the deaths of three Israeli infants from improperly manufactured soy formula led the Israeli Health Ministry to form a 13-member committee of paediatricians, oncologists, toxicologists and other health experts to investigate soy formula and soy foods. In July 2005, the Ministry issued a health advisory in which it warned that babies should not receive soy formula (except as a last resort) and that children up to age 18 should not eat soy foods or drink soy milk more than once per day to a maximum of three times per week. The Ministry was concerned about many health issues, including adverse effects on fertility and increased cancer risk. The governments of the UK, Switzerland and New Zealand have also warned that soy infant formula should only be used as a last SOY MILK Is DANGEROUS FOR BABIES Ihe murder conviction in Atlanta, USA, of vegan parents whose six-week-old baby died of starvation underscores the dangers of vegan ideology to infants. To supplement the mother's inadequate supply of breastmilk, the parents had fed their son soy milk and apple juice. The baby was only 3.5 pounds when he died of starvation in April 2004. "Soy milk should never be given to infants in place of formula," says Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, author of The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food. "In 1990, the FDA issued a warning about the use of soy milk for infants, stating that it is ‘grossly lacking in the nutrients needed for infants’, and asked all manufacturers to put warning labels on soy milks so that they would not be used as formula substitutes." Yet most makers of soy milk put warning labels on the package in very tiny print, if at all. resort. And soy milk should never be used at all. (Source: Kaayla T. Daniel, 11 May 2007, http:/www.wholesoystory.com) IM IN A GATED i "BIG BROTHER" MICROPHONES MAY BE LINKED WITH CCTV He mini-cameras and microphones that can eavesdrop on conversations in the street are the next step in the march towards a "Big Brother" society, British MPs were warned on! May. Richard Thomas, the UK Information Commissioner, said a debate had begun about whether listening devices should be set up alongside Britain's 4.5 million CCTV cameras. In evidence to the Commons Home Affairs Committee, he said he would be hostile to such an idea. He was also alarmed by the prospect of tiny cameras, hidden in lamp posts, replacing more obvious monitors. mar ffe 8 = NEXUS JUNE — JULY 2007 www.nexusmagazine.com