Nanofood a ‘no no’ warns leading UK organic expert

Peter Melchett, policy director of the UK’s largest organic certifier the Soil Association, has written in the Daily Mail that public scepticism about nanofood should be heeded, and that nanotechnology should be kept out of food. The full article is printed...

UK House of Lords criticises industry secrecy on nanofood

In a new report, the Science and Technology Committee of the UK House of Lords criticises industry secrecy surrounding the use and development of nanofoods. It also warns that the health risks of nanofoods remain poorly understood. However the committee rejected calls...

New 2009-10 Safe Sunscreen Guide helps you choose nano-free

UPDATE;  In September 2012, Friends of the Earth selected several Australia sunscreens which we hoped were free from untested and unsafe nano-ingredients. We submitted these sunscreens for testing by the Government’s National Measurement Institute, with the hope...

Beyond safety – some bigger questions about new technologies

This is reprinted from “A guest blog in the Alternative Perspectives on Technology Innovation series”, hosted by Andrew Maynard’s 2020 Science blog The promise that a given new technology will deliver environmentally benign electricity too cheap to...