Nanotechnology is forecast to underpin “the next industrial revolution”, leading to far-reaching changes in social, economic and ecological relations. Yet whereas the health and environment risks posed by nanomaterials are attracting an increasing amount of...
The new National Nanotechnology Strategy Taskforce report “Options for a National Nanotechnology Strategy”, released by Industry Minister Macfarlane on 12 September, fails to address the most significant public interests issues raised by nanotechnology,...
By Georgia Miller. Reprinted from New Matilda 8 September 2006. Unaccompanied by regulatory oversight or public debate, the nanotechnological revolution has begun. Several hundred consumer products now include engineered nanoparticles. Global sales of nanoproducts...