US EPA’s voluntary nano-notification scheme a failure

Nanotechwire.com news service warns that the US “EPA Nanotechnology Voluntary Program Risks Becoming a ‘Black Hole'”. The service reports that: “Six months after launching its voluntary reporting program for nanomaterial producers, EPA has made...

European Trade Union says “no nano safety data, no nano market”

The European Trade Union Confederation, representing 82 European trade unions, has called for the “no safety data, no market” principle to be applied to nanoparticles. In its new statement the ETUC “calls on the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to refuse to register...