Register suggests widespread unregulated use of nanomaterials in agriculture in Australia
The revelation that large quantities of nanomaterials are being used in agricultural chemicals in France has brought into serious question claims made by the Australian Pesticide and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA), that nanomaterials are currently not being...
US groups sue the EPA for failing to regulate nano-silver
While exasperation grows in Australia with regulators who don’t regulate, unfortunately it appears that regulatory paralysis is not a problem confined to Australia. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declared silver a pesticide. In 2008 the International...
Government’s deregulatory extremism puts public at risk
We are surrounded by regulation. Every moment of our waking and sleeping lives is populated with a vast regulatory network. There are thousands of regulations relating to our homes, our clothes, our foods, the way we drive, the places we work, the wages we receive,...
APVMA fails to address risks of nanomaterial use in agriculture
As the Australian Pest and Veterinary Medicine Authority (APVMA) attempts to grapple with the issue of nanomaterials in agricultural chemicals, Friends of the Earth have warned that unregulated nanomaterials are already being used in agriculture in Australia –...Crazytech
Stupid technologies we don't need.....
And that could destroy life on Earth.
And that could destroy life on Earth.