Rice in China often comes with high levels of cadmium, arsenic and lead.

Cadmium is a persistent toxin, so even tiny doses can accumulate to kill you.

Two towns in California are trying out constant aerial video surveillance.

Supposedly this is ok because the towns already have cameras giving immediate view of their streets.

Britons: sign this petition against selling UK tax data.

"Anonymous" data is no protection; it is often possible to deanonymize.

Obama regime trade negotiators keep moving back and forth between government and the copyright industry.

I disagree with the author on one point. I think these officials, like their boss the US Trade Representative and his boss Obama, are constantly aware that their future careers depend on pleasing certain companies. I don't suppose that they feel any qualms of conscience; they probably think that boosting those companies is serving their country; they may identify those companies with their country.

The author helps them, perhaps unknowingly, by repeating their propaganda terms such as "intellectual property" and "protection".

Russia is setting up US-style total surveillance of the Internet.