Daily Archives: December 16, 2010

FDA Underestimates Gulf Coast Residents’ Exposure to Carcinogens in Seafood

A survey of Gulf Coast seafood consumption habits reveals that many Gulf residents are eating far more seafood, far more often, than the federal government has acknowledged, bringing seafood safety standards under renewed scrutiny, according the Natural Resources Defense Council. Significant discrepancies between estimates by the Food and Drug Administration and reported consumption rates were…

Electronic Mail Wins Landmark Fourth Amendment Protection

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the government must have a search warrant before it can secretly seize and search emails stored by email service providers. In a landmark decision in the criminal appeal of U.S. v. Warshak, the court found that email users have the same reasonable expectation of privacy in…