Comments from Friends of the Earth Australia and Germany (BUND), the European Environmental Bureau and the Center for International Environmental Law on the European Commission’s working conclusions regarding transparency measures for nanomaterials on the...
A submission by FoEA to the European Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks regarding the potential health and environmental risks associated with the increasing use of nano-silver. In hospitals nano-silver is used extensively for the...
As with antibiotics, the overuse of nano-‐silver will promote resistance to this important antimicrobial. Already, there is evidence of bacterial resistance to silver in many clinical settings. Antimicrobial experts such as Prof. John Turnidge have warned that...