by William Cahalin | Mar 11, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Terrorism, Venezuela
Number has sharply increased: The number of heat waves affecting the planet’s oceans has increased sharply, scientists have revealed, killing swathes of sea-life like “wildfires that take out huge areas of forest.” The new research is the first systematic global...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 31, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Food Fraud, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Just Interesting, Public Health, Sustainability
Smithfield expanding pilot program: The world’s largest pork company said it’s going whole-hog on converting powerful pig poop gases into power. Smithfield Foods said it is expanding a pilot program that traps methane and burns the gas to generate...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 12, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Threat Intelligence, Weather Emergencies
Intellectual theft continues: The arrest of a Chinese intelligence official in Belgium this week on espionage charges and subsequent extradition to the United States has raised the already fraught tensions between the U.S. and China. The suspect stands accused of...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 11, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Employee Safety, Food Safety, Public Health, Tariffs, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety
Devices could be used by terrorists and criminals: Civilian drones pose a “steadily escalating threat,” as the devices are likely to be used by terrorists, criminal groups or drug cartels to carry out attacks in the U.S., FBI Director Christopher Wray told a Senate...