<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Alice Jansen <<a href="mailto:alice.jansen@icann.org">alice.jansen@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[Soac-infoalert] Status Update from the Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">November 12, 2013 4:34:51 AM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Dear All,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">The Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) has been working to envision a clean-slate approach to better meet global Internet community needs for domain name registration data with greater privacy, accuracy, and accountability. In its <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-24jun13-en.pdf">Initial Report</a> published in June, the EWG recommended a series of principles and proposed a model for the next-generation Registration Directory Service (RDS) to replace today's WHOIS system.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><b><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">In advance of the ICANN-48 Meeting in Buenos Aires, the </font><span style="font-size: medium; "> Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG)</span></b><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><b> has published a <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/status-update-11nov13-en.pdf">Status Update Report</a> that provides further insight into the EWG's analysis and highlights its current thoughts on key issues, after more extensive exploration of open areas and careful consideration of all Community comments received on its <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-24jun13-en.pdf">Initial Report</a>. </b>As the EWG's deliberations are on-going, it is hoped that this report will provide insight into the team's recommendations, answer questions, and stimulate lively Community dialogue in Buenos Aires and online input.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">To read the announcement, please see below or go to: </span><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11nov13-en.htm" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-11nov13-en.htm</a></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">The EWG invites you to voice your input and comments in Buenos Aires - </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><i>Exploring Replacements for WHOIS - The Next Generation Directory Services</i> </font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">on <u>Wednesday, 20 November 2013, at 8:30-10:00 ART, in Libertador AB</u> (refer to </font><a href="http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-rds">http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-rds</a> for session details and remote participation information). You are also invited to attend an interactive open EWG Workshop on <u>Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 16:30-17:30 ART, in Retiro A</u> (refer to <a href="http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-ewg-wrap-up">http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-ewg-wrap-up</a> for session details and remote participation). The dialogue will inform the EWG's deliberations as it refines its recommendations for the next generation registration data directory services. Input may also be submitted via the EWG's public mailbox: <a href="mailto:input-to-ewg@icann.org">input-to-ewg@icann.org</a> (input is publicly archived).</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Thanks</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">Best regards</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">ICANN staff</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">--</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, 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15px; margin-right: 15px; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: Arial, Heveltica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; "><article id="node-1169859" class="node node-announcement clearfix" about="/en/news/announcements/announcement-11nov13-en.htm" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" style="zoom: 1; "><div class="field field-name-field-ann-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden clearfix" style="zoom: 1; margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: 1.45em;"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2013-11-11T12:00:00-08:00" style="font-size: 0.85em; margin-bottom: 10px; display: block;">11 November 2013</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden clearfix" style="zoom: 1; margin-bottom: 8px; line-height: 1.45em;"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.45em;"><strong><em><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">ICANN</abbr> has embarked on a journey to reinvent today's WHOIS system. Help the EWG envision a better system by joining the discussion at <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">ICANN</abbr>'s Buenos Aires meeting and online.</em></strong></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.45em;">The Expert Working Group on <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">gTLD</abbr> Directory Services (EWG) has been working to envision a clean-slate approach to better meet global Internet community needs for domain name registration data with greater privacy, accuracy, and accountability. In its <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-24jun13-en.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">Initial Report</a> [PDF, 1.70 MB] published in June, the EWG recommended a series of principles and proposed a model for the next-generation Registration Directory Service (RDS) to replace today's WHOIS system.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.45em;">In advance of the ICANN-48 Meeting in Buenos Aires, the EWG has published a <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/status-update-11nov13-en.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">Status Update Report</a> [PDF, 2.26 MB] that provides further insight into the EWG's analysis and highlights its current thoughts on key issues, after more extensive exploration of open areas and careful consideration of all Community comments received on its Initial Report. As the EWG's deliberations are on-going, it is hoped that this report will provide insight into the team's recommendations, answer questions, and stimulate lively Community dialogue in Buenos Aires and online input.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.45em;">Key issues highlighted in this <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/status-update-11nov13-en.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">Status Update Report</a> [PDF, 2.26 MB] include:</p><ul style="margin: 10px 35px 18px 20px; padding-left: 15px; "><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;">Identifying the data elements to be freely available on an anonymous basis, and those that might require authenticated, gated access through accreditation for permissible purposes</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;">Details on the principles for better privacy or proxy services and a proposal for secured protected credentials for use by at-risk individuals</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;">Suggestions to improve data quality through standardization validation, periodic checks, and prevalidated contacts</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;">Consideration of jurisdictional and applicable law issues, notably data protection law</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;">Suggestions for ensuring harmonized approaches to data protection and security measures, and a framework for binding corporate rules to meet data protection obligations.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;">Exploration of how existing technical protocols could be utilized by the EWG's recommended implementation model (such as EPP or the RDAP protocol under development by the <abbr title="Internet Engineering Task Force" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">IETF</abbr>)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;">Comparison of the current WHOIS system (as improved in the 2013 <abbr title="Registrar Accreditation Agreement" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">RAA</abbr>) to the EWG's recommended next-generation registration data directory service</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;">Description of various implementation models examined by the EWG, including a detailed comparison of pro and cons.</li></ul><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.45em;">The ideas presented in this Status Update Report are works-in progress, not consensus recommendations, and may be further updated by the EWGin Buenos Aires. The EWG hopes to use Community input and research into specific areas to reach fact-based recommendations to be delivered in its Final Report.</p><h4 style="font-family: 'Klavika Basic'; font-size: 1em; margin: 15px 0px 8px; ">Join the discussion</h4><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.45em;">There are several ways to participate in this journey to envision a better system:</p><ul style="margin: 10px 35px 18px 20px; padding-left: 15px; "><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.45em;">Learn more and ask questions during the EWG's presentation "<a href="http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-rds" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">Exploring Replacements for WHOIS – The Next Generation Directory Services</a>" on Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 8:30-10:00 ART, in Buenos Aires. A recording of the session will be made available shortly after.</p></li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.45em;">Exchange ideas during an <a href="http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-ewg-wrap-up" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">interactive open EWG Workshop</a> on Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 16:30-17:30 ART, in Buenos Aires. The dialogue will inform the EWG's deliberations as it refines its recommendations for the next generation registration data directory services.</p></li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.45em;">Submit your ideas to the EWG's Public Mailbox: <a href="mailto:input-to-ewg@icann.org" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">input-to-ewg@icann.org</a><br>Input is publicly archived. To read input received to date, please refer to:<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/share-24jun13-en.htm" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/share-24jun13-en.htm</a></p></li></ul><h4 style="font-family: 'Klavika Basic'; font-size: 1em; margin: 15px 0px 8px; ">What's Next?</h4><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.45em;">Due to the complexity of the task at hand and the importance of basing any next-generation RDS on a solid understanding of the benefits and impacts that would likely result, the EWG has not yet completed its recommendations, but intends to do so in early 2014, informed by Community feedback and in-depth analysis of selected areas. The EWG expects to reconvene in March 2014 to derive fact-based recommendations, delivering its final report to the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">ICANN</abbr> Board before June 2014.</p><h4 style="font-family: 'Klavika Basic'; font-size: 1em; margin: 15px 0px 8px; ">Background</h4><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.45em;">In December, <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">ICANN</abbr> announced the creation of an Expert Working Group (EWG) on next-generation <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">gTLD</abbr>Registration Directory Services, as a first step in fulfilling the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">ICANN</abbr> Board's directive to help redefine the purpose and provision of <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">gTLD</abbr> registration data. The EWG's findings are expected to serve as a foundation to help the <abbr title="Generic Names Supporting Organization" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">GNSO</abbr> create a new global policy for the provision of <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">gTLD</abbr> registration data.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.45em;">A significant milestone was reached on <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-24jun13-en.htm" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">24 June 2013</a> with the <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-24jun13-en.htm" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">publication </a>of the <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">Expert Working Group on <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">gTLD</abbr>Directory Services</a> (EWG)'s Initial Report and FAQs, opening a consultation period with the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">ICANN</abbr> community. The <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-24jun13-en.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">initial report</a> [PDF, 1.70 MB] enumerated the users, purposes, data elements, recommended principles and features, and proposed model to guide the development of a next generation Registration Directory Service (RDS) to replace WHOIS.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.45em;">The initial report was accompanied by a questionnaire soliciting community input on complex areas needing further analysis to draft consensus recommendations. While comments were received on the entire initial report, two topics received the most feedback: the EWG's recommendation to replace fully anonymous WHOIS with a gated access paradigm, and the suggested Aggregated RDS (ARDS) implementation model.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.45em;">The EWG's <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/status-update-11nov13-en.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">Status Update Report</a> [PDF, 2.26 MB] aims to highlight the EWG's current thinking on these and many other key issues, after careful consideration of all comments and feedback received to date. It also provides a great deal more detail on the analysis that lay behind the <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-24jun13-en.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">Initial Report</a> [PDF, 1.70 MB], as requested by the community.</p><h4 style="font-family: 'Klavika Basic'; font-size: 1em; margin: 15px 0px 8px; ">More Information</h4><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.45em;">The EWG work stems from the Board's <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-08nov12-en.htm" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">directive</a> to redefine the purpose and provision of <abbr title="generic Top Level Domain" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">gTLD</abbr> registration data, while balancing data accuracy and access issues with safeguards for protecting data. The EWG considered the important community work done over the last decade by the <abbr title="Generic Names Supporting Organization" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">GNSO</abbr>, the <abbr title="Security and Stability Advisory Committee" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">SSAC</abbr>, the WHOIS Review Team, the<abbr title="Governmental Advisory Committee" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">GAC</abbr> and others.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.45em;">The EWG's <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-24jun13-en.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">Initial Report</a> [PDF, 1.70 MB] reflects the EWG's consensus view of design principles and features needed in a new RDS, along with a proposed Model illustrating how these could be fulfilled in the <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted;">ICANN</abbr> domain ecosystem. For more information, please refer to the <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/faqs" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">Frequently Asked Questions</a> prepared by the EWG after its Initial Report.</p><h4 style="font-family: 'Klavika Basic'; font-size: 1em; margin: 15px 0px 8px; ">Initial Report Executive Summary</h4><ul style="margin: 10px 35px 18px 20px; padding-left: 15px; "><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/ar/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-executive-summary-24jun13-ar.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;"><span dir="rtl">العربية</span></a> [PDF, 166 KB]</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/es/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-executive-summary-24jun13-es.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">Español</a> [PDF, 249 KB]</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-executive-summary-24jun13-en.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">English</a> [PDF, 232 KB]</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/fr/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-executive-summary-24jun13-fr.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">Français</a> [PDF, 235 KB]</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/ru/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-executive-summary-24jun13-ru.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">Русский</a> [PDF, 296 KB]</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/zh/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-executive-summary-24jun13-zh.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">简体中文</a> [PDF, 338 KB]</li></ul><h4 style="font-family: 'Klavika Basic'; font-size: 1em; margin: 15px 0px 8px; ">Initial Report</h4><ul style="margin: 10px 35px 18px 20px; padding-left: 15px; "><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/ar/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-24jun13-ar.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;"><span dir="rtl">العربية</span></a> [PDF, 572 KB]</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/es/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-24jun13-es.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">Español</a> [PDF, 1.13 MB]</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-24jun13-en.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">English</a> [PDF, 1.70 MB]</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/fr/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-24jun13-fr.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">Français</a> [PDF, 1.18 MB]</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/ru/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-24jun13-ru.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">Русский</a> [PDF, 963 KB]</li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><a href="http://www.icann.org/zh/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/initial-report-24jun13-zh.pdf" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">简体中文</a> [PDF, 877 KB]</li></ul><h4 style="font-family: 'Klavika Basic'; font-size: 1em; margin: 15px 0px 8px; ">Consultation Archives</h4><ul style="margin: 10px 35px 18px 20px; padding-left: 15px; "><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;">A webinar on Monday, 8 July at 15:00-16:30 UTC – <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/about/learning/webinars/gtld-directory-services-24jun13-en.htm" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">webinar archives</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px;">A consultation in Durban on Monday, 15 July – <a href="http://durban47.icann.org/node/39627" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">session archives</a>.</li></ul><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: 1.45em;"><em>To view the Expert Working Group's activities, please refer to the <a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=40175189" style="outline: none; color: rgb(239, 103, 62); text-decoration: none;">EWG wiki</a>.</em></p></div></div></div></article></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "></div></div>
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