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BBC: Electronic devices ‘need to use recycled plastic’
"Plastic in waste electronics (e-waste) is an environmental time bomb that has been overlooked, say campaigners. Plastic accounts for about 20% of the 50 million tonnes of e-waste produced each year, which is expected to more than double to 110m tonnes by 2050. A...
FBI: October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
"Internet-enabled crimes and cyber intrusions are becoming increasingly sophisticated and preventing them requires each and every user of a connected device to be aware and on guard. “It’s no longer enough to be on the lookout for something in your inbox that appears...
We Know The Wrong Way To Deal With E-Waste. But What Should We Do Instead?
"August 22, 2018 — Rajesh was just 10 years old when we met. His days were spent standing on tiptoe to dunk computer circuit boards into big vats of hot acid. He had gloves but no goggles, and the acid splashed his shirt. He had an incessant cough and drank alcohol at...
Dark skies, bright future: overcoming Nigeria’s e-waste epidemic
UN Environment: "It’s close to midnight on a Sunday and the skies of Lagos hang dark over the glittering lights of the city’s 17.5 million residents. One of those lights is small fire in a field in Ikeja, the capital of Lagos State, where 24-year-old John stands,...
CNN: Tokyo 2020 unveils Olympic medals made from old electronics
"The winners' medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were revealed Wednesday, exactly one year before the event's opening ceremony. And they feature an unlikely design quirk: The medals will be made using old cellphones and other electronics. Selected following a...
Wharton: How U.S. Laws Do (and Don’t) Support E-Recycling and Reuse
"There is no U.S. federal law that requires the recycling of electronic waste or prohibits it from being exported to developing countries. Some in Congress have tried to pass a bill that would make the overseas dumping of toxic e-waste illegal, but the Responsible...
What Really Happens to AirPods When They Die
"AirPod owners love them. Everyone else, it can seem, hates them. Apple is, by all indications, selling oodles of them. But what happens to AirPods when they get old and die? Does the same seamless design that helped to make them iconic also make them an environmental...
E-Scrap News: Negligence causes 25 percent of data breaches
"A recent data security study shows a quarter of U.S. data breaches are caused by human error. Breaches are also increasing in frequency and costing companies more to manage. The 2018 Cost of a Data Breach Study, completed by Ponemon Institute and funded by IBM, found...
EScrap News: Survey highlights public data security concerns
"More than a quarter of consumers are so concerned that data on their old mobile phones might be compromised that they wouldn’t trade in the devices, according to a survey. Blancco Technology Group, which provides data erasure and diagnostic equipment and...
Less Than 3% of Recycled Computing Devices Properly Wiped
"Researchers find that companies that refurbish or accept old equipment as donations don't necessarily clean them of data as promised. Here's some eyepopping data about the computing devices that wind up at businesses that refurbish computers or accept donated...
Alzheimer’s News
Alzheimer’s Association, Ad Council create podcast to promote early detection
"Alzheimer's is a difficult burden to bear for both patients and their families, which is why the Alzheimer’s Association and the Ad Council have teamed up with WNYC Studios’ Snap Judgement to launch the "Listenline." The campaign features interviews with five...
NYT: Why Didn’t She Get Alzheimer’s? The Answer Could Hold a Key to Fighting the Disease
"The woman’s genetic profile showed she would develop Alzheimer’s by the time she turned 50. She, like thousands of her relatives, going back generations, was born with a gene mutation that causes people to begin having memory and thinking problems in their 40s and...
TIME: We Will Find a Breakthrough for Alzheimer’s Disease
"I have spent my entire career interested in the mysteries of the brain: what it looks like, how it works and what happens when it doesn’t. Alzheimer’s disease has been the primary focus of my professional life, starting as a young researcher looking at brain scans,...
This brain protein may put the brakes on Alzheimer’s
"Researchers probing the mystery of Alzheimer’s disease have found a brain protein in the brain that may stop the disorder in its tracks. The protein, called TOM-1, helps regulate inflammation in the brain. “Scientists have known for a long time that inflammation is a...
Being Patient: How Tacrine, the First Pill Approved to Treat Alzheimer’s, Paved the Way for Future Drugs
"Tacrine, also known as its brand name Cognex, was the first drug approved by the FDA for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. At the time of its approval in 1993, tacrine was considered an effective therapy for mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s. The drug was able to pass...
US, Harvard Lead The Way In Alzheimer’s Research Worldwide, But Content Is Shifting, Elsevier Says
"Global information analytics giant Elsevier announced last week that the United States is the world’s top producer of Alzheimer’s research. But while scientists in the US are playing an integral role in the understanding of Alzheimer’s, the content of research...
People: Seth Rogen and Wife Lauren Host Star-Studded Carnival for Alzheimer’s Awareness
"Comedians, cocktails and carnival rides galore! Stars like Bill Hader and Adam Devine joined Seth Rogen and wife Lauren Miller Rogen as they hosted the Hilarity for Charity County Fair Saturday in downtown Los Angeles, raising money for Alzheimer’s awareness — a...
Veterans march from Adrian to Ann Arbor for Alzheimer’s research
MLIVE: "ANN ARBOR -- Fighting Alzheimer’s disease is the mission for Tim Welbaum and Scott Doney. An Army Reserve major who served in Afghanistan, Welbaum is a board member of the Michigan Great Lakes Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association and owner of the South...
UA: Can the Alzheimer’s Brain Regenerate and Recover?
"A $37.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow the University of Arizona to test a unique treatment for Alzheimer's disease. A team led by Roberta Diaz Brinton, director of the Center for Innovation in Brain Science, received the...
Philly Voice: Eye tracking tests could be a predictive tool for Alzheimer’s disease
"Signs of cognitive impairment can be difficult to link to the early development of Alzheimer's disease and its associated symptoms of dementia, but a new study points toward the use of eye tracking tests as a way to assess future risk. Dementia diagnoses are often...
