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WASHINGTON, 4 de marzo de 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — La pandemia del COVID-19 ha afectado la forma en que los consumidores viven, trabajan y van a la escuela. Un nuevo informe (en inglés) de la Comisión de Seguridad de Productos del Consumidor de Estados Unidos (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC), publicado durante la Semana Nacional de Protección del Consumidor, ahora muestra también un impacto en las lesiones causadas por productos del consumidor tratadas en las salas de emergencia de los hospitales. El informe «Efecto de la pandemia del nuevo coronavirus en las estimaciones preliminares del NEISS» sugiere que, aunque los consumidores pudieron haber evitado presentarse a emergencias por algunas lesiones relacionadas con productos, lo hicieron casi con la misma frecuencia que el año pasado por lesiones más graves. Los tipos de productos que causaron lesiones también mostraron algunos aumentos y disminuciones importantes, destacando nuevos patrones de riesgo que pudieron haber surgido durante la pandemia.

Entre los hallazgos clave del informe, que examinó los datos de las salas de emergencia de los hospitales de marzo a septiembre de 2020, se encuentran:

• El tratamiento en emergencias* de lesiones relacionadas con productos disminuyó en general en un 24%, pero el de lesiones graves relacionadas con productos, solo en un 1%.
• Los mayores aumentos en las lesiones tratadas en emergencias, en todos los rangos de edad, ocurrieron con fuegos artificiales (56%), patinetas, scooters y patinetas eléctricas tipo hoverboard (39%), y lesiones graves por vehículos todo terreno (ATV), motonetas y minimotos (39%).
• Las lesiones relacionadas con las baterías tipo botón tratadas en emergencias aumentaron en un 93% entre los niños pequeños (de 5 a 9 años).
• Las lesiones vinculadas con el deporte disminuyeron significativamente, incluyendo las que ocurren normalmente en las escuelas (hasta en un 81%).
• El tratamiento en emergencias aumentó considerablemente para las lesiones relacionadas con productos de limpieza (84%), y con jabones y detergentes (60%).
• Aunque hubo un ligero aumento (1%) en las lesiones en general relacionadas con bicicletas, las lesiones para los usuarios de 40 años o más, aumentaron en un 21%, y en un 39% para los adultos mayores de 70 años.

Leer otros datos destacados del informe aquí.

«Estos datos empiezan a contar la historia de cómo los consumidores resultaron lesionados por los productos durante la pandemia», señala Robert Adler, presidente interino de la CPSC. «Sin embargo, el final de la historia aún no se ha escrito. Con más datos y recursos, la CPSC podrá ayudar a que los consumidores estén más seguros, ya sea que se encuentren en cuarentena en su casa o de regreso en el trabajo y la escuela».

Aunque esté entre los organismos federales de regulación más pequeños en materia de salud y seguridad, la CPSC tiene una amplia jurisdicción sobre miles de tipos de productos del consumidor. En los últimos meses, el presidente interino Adler ha presionado repetidamente para que se destinen recursos adicionales para que la entidad se ocupe de las preocupaciones del país con respecto a la seguridad de los productos del consumidor.

El informe de hoy es el primer indicio de los patrones de lesiones tomados de los primeros siete meses de la pandemia. Es una reseña de los cambios observados en los informes del Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia Electrónica de Lesiones (National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, NEISS) y compara las estimaciones preliminares de marzo a septiembre de 2020, con el periodo de marzo a septiembre de 2019. Aproximadamente uno de cada cincuenta hospitales a nivel nacional participa con el NEISS como parte de una muestra de hospitales seleccionados científicamente en todo el país.

A lo largo de la pandemia, la CPSC ha brindado a los consumidores consejos de seguridad en su Centro de información de seguridad sobre el COVID-19. Los datos del nuevo informe destacan áreas de especial preocupación para los consumidores:

• Venenos: Mantenga los productos de limpieza en sus envases originales. Guárdelos bajo llave y fuera del alcance de los niños más pequeños.
• Dispositivos de micromovilidad: Equípese con un casco antes de andar en scooter, patineta o patinetas eléctricas (hoverboards), y no lo haga la calle.
• Fuegos artificiales: Nunca permita que los niños pequeños jueguen con fuegos artificiales o los enciendan, ni siquiera las luces de bengala (también conocidas como estrellitas).
• Baterías: Mantenga los productos que funcionen con baterías pequeñas, incluyendo los controles remotos de la televisión, fuera del alcance de los niños y cerciórese de que los compartimentos de las baterías de los juguetes para niños estén debidamente asegurados.
• Bicicletas: Use casco. Al comprar un casco, asegúrese de que la etiqueta diga «Complies with U.S. CPSC Safety Standards for Bicycle Helmets«(«Cumple con las normas de seguridad de la CPSC de EE. UU. para los cascos de bicicleta»).

*Nota: Las lesiones que se tratan en las salas de emergencias incluyen pacientes que reciben tratamiento y son dados de alta, así como pacientes con lesiones más graves que requieren una hospitalización posterior u otro tratamiento más avanzado.

Acerca de la CPSC
La Comisión de Seguridad de Productos del Consumidor de EE.UU. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC) se encarga de proteger al público contra riesgos irrazonables de lesión o muerte asociados con el uso de miles de tipos de productos del consumidor. Muertes, lesiones y daños a la propiedad debido a incidentes con productos del consumidor le cuestan al país más de $1 billón de dólares al año. La labor de la CPSC ha contribuido a una disminución en el índice de muertes y lesiones vinculadas a los productos del consumidor en los últimos 40 años.

La ley federal prohíbe a cualquier persona vender productos sujetos a un retiro voluntario del mercado anunciado públicamente y llevado a cabo por el fabricante; o a un retiro obligatorio ordenado por la Comisión.

Para más información:
– Visite SeguridadConsumidor.gov.
– Reciba alertas electrónicas. 
– Síganos en Twitter @SeguridadConsum, @USCPSC y en Facebook e Instagram @USCPSC.
– Reporte productos peligrosos o lesiones por productos en www.SaferProducts.gov.
– Llame a la línea de información al 800-638-2772 (teletipo 301-595-7054).
– Contacto para los medios de comunicación.

*Entrevistas en español disponibles

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The number of connected devices across the globe is projected to increase from 30.4 billion in 2020 to 200 billion in 2030, says Frost & Sullivan

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Future of Connected Living, reveals that the device-to-person ratio will exceed 20 to 1 by 2030 as the world enters the era of hyperconnectivity and catapults organizations’ digital transformation. The number of connected devices globally is projected to increase from 30.4 billion in 2020 to 200 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.7%. The convergence of connected cities, homes, and workplaces will result in ubiquitous connectivity and the emergence of new product applications, business models, technologies, platforms, and services.

The demand for connected living will be primarily driven by advanced software technology, widespread content streaming, and network integration. The rising demand is projected to quadruple smart and connected home penetration over the next five years to reach over 18% by 2025. Spending on the smart city sector is expected to reach $327 billion by 2025, up at a strong CAGR of 22.7%, and will lead to higher adoption of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G.

For further information on this analysis, please visit: http://frost.ly/5be

«The future home will become a ‘central hub’ for connected living. The demand for connected living solutions soared as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, as it allows homes to evolve into on-demand workspaces and much more. Continued advancements in connectivity technologies such as cloud services, Internet of Things (IoT), video conferencing, mobility, robotics, and AI will create innovation frontiers for connected technology and service providers,» said Vinay Venkatesan, Program Manager, TechCasting at Frost & Sullivan. «The convergence of 5G and Wi-Fi 6 will be a crucial enabler for connectivity as they will improve communication network speed, customer experience, and long-term cost efficiency.»

Venkatesan added: «To succeed in the connected era, companies cannot do it alone. Enterprises need to establish new partnerships, engage with a broader ecosystem, and explore new business models to deliver a unique value proposition. While connected living drives digital resilience, it also carries major risks such as data insecurity and vulnerability to cyberattacks. Therefore, organizations are encouraged to develop a detailed cybersecurity strategy that will align with their goals and facilitate the provision of secure connected services to customers anywhere.»

Connected device manufacturers and service providers that want to leverage growth opportunities must focus on these key areas:

• Digital Workflows: 70% of companies are expected to adopt a hybrid work structure by 2030. Digital workflows can eliminate manual, repetitive tasks to allow workers to focus on improving performance and value-add to customers. Companies must shift to an organizational approach to benefit from digital workflows, which will lead to optimized processes.
• Connected Services Ecosystem: With a digital-first strategy in place, governments must partner with connected service providers (CSPs) to deliver better social benefits, improve public service outreach, and raise awareness among citizens. Online services warrant collaboration between the government, tech companies, and CSPs to ensure seamless and effective integration and access to all citizens.
• Internet of Homes: Demand for contactless biometrics and voice control security technologies is on the rise as AI home virtual assistants become more universally accepted. Smart home product providers need to develop multi-functionality products that control multiple appliances and enable integration for ease and control. There is room for strategic partnerships between insurers, telecommunication companies, and online retailers to leverage the space.
• Multi-sided Platform Orchestrators: CSPs will shift to become data controllers and dataflow orchestrators, so they need to nurture an open ecosystem orchestrators built on relevance, scalability, experience, and trust. Network service providers can position themselves as trusted partners and build an ecosystem dedicated to the installation, control, and management of data across multiple environments.

Future of Connected Living is the latest addition to Frost & Sullivan’s TechCasting research and analyses available through the Frost & Sullivan Leadership Council, which helps organizations identify a continuous flow of growth opportunities to succeed in an unpredictable future.

About Frost & Sullivan

For six decades, Frost & Sullivan has been world-renowned for its role in helping investors, corporate leaders and governments navigate economic changes and identify disruptive technologies, Mega Trends, new business models, and companies to action, resulting in a continuous flow of growth opportunities to drive future success. Contact us: Start the discussion

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NEW YORK, March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Orangutan Project, an organization focused on securing the survival of orangutans and other critically endangered species, is calling for urgent help to resource additional wildlife protection patrols in the wake of disturbing increases in poaching and illegal logging across Indonesia.

The spate is believed to be driven by criminal poaching networks, who’ve become more audacious during COVID-19 lockdowns, and are taking advantage of restrictions to law enforcement caused by the pandemic. Increasing numbers of people are also resorting to poaching and logging to supplement their income during the economic downturn.

In response, The Orangutan Project is striving to raise more than $100,000 during March to resource community-based patrol teams to protect vulnerable wildlife.

Their patrols include safeguarding habitat from illegal logging, resourcing anti-poaching and snare removal patrols, and providing urgent medical assistance for wildlife found trapped and injured in poaching snares.

The appeal also extends to the resourcing of rescue teams, who patrol regional locations in search of orangutans stolen from dwindling forests and «sold on» by the illegal wildlife trade, often for as little as $30. 

«Critically endangered orangutans, tigers, elephants and subsistence farmers, are now all struggling to survive in remnant forests,» said Leif Cocks, founder of The Orangutan Project. «Over 80% of native forest in Sumatra and Borneo have been cleared for large plantations.  When you add in a global pandemic which has plunged more than two million Indonesians back into poverty, you can see why we’re facing a crisis. Critically endangered species will always lose out because their populations are no longer large enough to withstand poaching or further habitat loss.»

Over the next 10 years, The Orangutan Project and their key partners aim to legally secure up to eight viable ecosystems to secure populations of critically endangered orangutans, tigers and elephants.

However, the very nature of the extinction crisis means multiple tasks have to be worked on simultaneously or they will simply run out of time.

«We’re urgently raising funds for multiple projects to give critically endangered species a fighting chance of survival,» said Cocks. «In the immediate sense, we need to vigilantly patrol remaining rainforests now, so we still have thriving ecosystems left to help legally secure when this pandemic is finally under control.»

The Orangutan Project is urgently raising funds for emergency patrols throughout the month of March. Donations to this appeal will be directed to patrols across Indonesia and will help to safeguard critically endangered species from poaching and forest encroachment.

The patrol teams also locate and remove snares and provide urgent medical assistance and rescues for wildlife caught in snares, and work with subsistence farmers on ways to protect crops and livestock without resorting to snares and traps.

To contribute to this urgent appeal please visit: www.theorangutanproject.org

About The Orangutan Project

The Orangutan Project is a non-partisan organization that collaborates with several orangutan conservation projects on the ground in Indonesia to support the conservation and rehabilitation of orangutans and the preservation of their forest habitat.  Founded by world-renowned orangutan expert Leif Cocks, The Orangutan Project’s goal is to ensure the survival of the orangutan species in their natural habitat. For more information, visit https://www.theorangutanproject.org 

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REHOVOT, Israel, March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Aleph Farms, Ltd. («Aleph» or «company»), and BRF S.A. («BRF»), a global Brazilian meat and food company, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bring cultivated meat to Brazilian tables. Under this new agreement, Aleph and BRF will co-develop and produce cultivated meat using Aleph’s patented production platforms (BioFarm™). BRF will also distribute Aleph-backed cultivated beef products in Brazil. This partnership will strengthen BRF’s supply chain and reduce its environmental impact, while diversifying the company’s product offering to meet the growing consumer demands for a variety of meat products. 

«We are thrilled to join forces with BRF, a global food and meat industries leader. This new partnership advances Aleph Farms’ strategy to integrate into the existing ecosystem as part of our go-to-market plans. Leveraging the expertise and infrastructure of leading food and meat companies will drive a faster scale-up of cultivated meat and eventually lead to a broader positive impact. As one of the largest beef producers in the world, Brazil is a strategic market for us. We have been impressed by the strong commitment from BRF management to innovation and sustainability. We are convinced that shared values are the key to a successful long-term partnership,» shares Didier Toubia, Co-Founder and CEO of Aleph Farms.

BRF is one of the largest meat producers in the world, with over 30 brands in its portfolio. Reporting revenue of approximately BRL 39 billion (approximately USD 7.25 billion) and investing over BRL 155 million in 2020 (approximately USD 28.81 million) in projects to reduce environmental impact, the partnership with Aleph is part of BRF’s 2030 Vision strategy. Unveiled in December 2020, the initiative is expected to garner revenues in excess of BRL 100 billion by 2030 (approximately USD 18.5 billion). «BRF is ready and charged to play a leading role in this food revolution and be an active participant in one the greatest industry transformations of this generation,» enthuses Lorival Luz, CEO of BRF.  «Since 2014, we have witnessed an increasing global demand for new sources of protein driven by several factors, namely environmental concerns, new diets and lifestyles, which has spurred the growth of new dietary genres including flexitarianism, vegetarianism and more,» Luz points out.

Beyond the commercial potential of cultivated meat in the Brazilian market, this alignment also enables both companies in their missions regarding sustainability and food security. Brazil recently reaffirmed to the UN (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – UNFCCC) the country’s commitment to reducing total net greenhouse gas emissions by 43% in 2030. In April 2020, Aleph Farms committed to eliminating emissions associated with its meat production by 2025 and reach net-zero emissions across its entire supply chain by 2030. With livestock accounting for significant greenhouse gas emissions and demand for meat expected to continue growing, Aleph Farms’ partnerships with industry incumbents demonstrates how incorporating innovation into the local agricultural ecosystem can help companies and countries reach their climate goals.

«This is yet another step that strengthens the innovative journey of BRF to offer a choice of alternatives to consumers, optimize efficiency and at the same time reduce the strain on the production chain,» explains Sergio Pinto, Director of Innovation at BRF. «We are a food company that invests in advanced technology and respects and combines new trends associated with social and environmental sustainability. By producing high-quality sustainable cultivated meat, we can further establish our role as agents of transformation in the food industry, by offering the latest innovations in the production of meat,» adds Pinto.

About Aleph Farms

Aleph Farms is a food company that is paving a new way forward as a leader of the global sustainable food ecosystem, working passionately to grow delicious beef steaks from non-genetically engineered cells, isolated from a cow, using a fraction of the resources required for raising an entire animal for meat, and without antibiotics. Aleph Farms was co-founded with The Kitchen Hub of the Strauss Group and with Professor Shulamit Levenberg, Dean of the Biomedical Engineering faculty of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Aleph Farms is backed by some of the world’s most innovative food producers, such as Cargill, Migros, and the Strauss Group.

The company has recently received top accolades for its contribution to the global sustainability movement from the World Economic Forum, UNESCO, Netexplo Forum and EIT Food.

Twitter/LinkedIn/Facebook/Instagram/YouTube/Medium: @AlephFarms

About BRF

One of the world’s largest food companies, BRF is present in over 130 countries and owns iconic brands, including Sadia, Perdigão and Qualy. Its purpose is to offer increasingly tasty, practical, good-quality food to people around the world through the sustainable management of a vivid, long and complex chain that provides everyone with a better life, from farm to fork. Based on fundamental commitments of safety, quality and integrity, the Company’s strategy is based on a long-term vision and is designed to generate value for over 95,000 employees based around the world, more than 300,000 clients and nearly 10,000 integrated partners in Brazil, all of its shareholders, and society.

For further information, please contact:

Company Contact:
Aleph Farms
Mr. Yoav Reisler
External Relations Manager at Aleph Farms
Tel: +972-52-4559924
press@aleph-farms.com  
https://aleph-farms.com

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WASHINGTON, 4 de marzo de 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — USAGov en Español, el sitio web oficial del Gobierno de Estados Unidos en español, los invita a unirse al Twitter chat #OjoConLasEstafas, el jueves 4 de marzo a la 1PM, hora del este. Muchas agencias del Gobierno de Estados Unidos participarán en este evento y estarán disponibles durante la charla virtual para contestar sus preguntas sobre cómo protegerse contra el fraude, el robo de identidad, las estafas y mucho más.

Para participar en la conversación, visite nuestra cuenta de Twitter en www.twitter.com/usagovespanol y siga el hashtag #OjoConLasEstafas

Durante esta Semana Nacional de Protección al Consumidor (28 de febrero – 6 de marzo) estaremos compartiendo, a diario, en nuestras redes sociales en español, consejos prácticos de los expertos de numerosas agencias del Gobierno para detectar y prevenir las estafas.

Para obtener más información oficial sobre estafas y fraudes visite USAGov en Español.

Invitamos cordialmente a los medios de comunicación a informarse con nosotros sobre los distintos programas y servicios que ofrece el Gobierno de Estados Unidos. Visite usa.gov/espanol/medios y sepa cómo puede colaborar o contactarnos en USAGov en Espanol, la guía de información y servicios en español sobre las agencias, departamentos y programas del Gobierno.

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