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* http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/opensource/greenscan/ - [[GreenScan]], an [[Adbusters]] project to create a hand-held barcode scanner with a simple output system. Scan a product: if you get a [[green light]], it is ok to buy. Red is bad. What they don't yet realize is that building a specific access device without a database and information infrastructure, won't do much good.  Go visit them and keep reminding them of this!
* http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/opensource/greenscan/ - [[GreenScan]], an [[Adbusters]] project to create a hand-held barcode scanner with a simple output system. Scan a product: if you get a [[green light]], it is ok to buy. Red is bad. What they don't yet realize is that building a specific access device without a database and information infrastructure, won't do much good.  Go visit them and keep reminding them of this!


*'''http://www.upcdatabase.com - database of [[manufacturer]]s and [[product]]s with [[UPC]] codes''', searchable online and downloadable version which is not as up-to-date as the online version but is strangely [[license]]d under [[GPL]]
*'''[[Internet UPC Database]] - database of [[manufacturer]]s and [[product]]s with [[UPC]] codes''', searchable online and downloadable version which is not as up-to-date as the online version but is strangely [[license]]d under [[GPL]]


*Redefinition of [[mandatory label]] terms like [[dolphin safe]], which we must track closely.  '''what is the best source on this issue, and who tracks whether labels are ecologically sane or not?'''
*Redefinition of [[mandatory label]] terms like [[dolphin safe]], which we must track closely.  '''what is the best source on this issue, and who tracks whether labels are ecologically sane or not?'''
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