More alarming research on nano-silver

Two new alarming research studies from the United States have highlighted serious concerns about the toxicity of nano-silver to aquatic microorganisms, plants and animals – with inevitable consequences to human food sources and health. Nano-silver is a powerful...

Exposing the Great Sunscreen Cover-up

Friends of the Earth has launched ACCC complaints accusing two Australian companies – Antaria Limited and Ross Cosmetics of misleading and deceptive conduct for marketing nano sunscreen ingredients as ‘non-nano’ and ‘nanoparticle-free’. Some of Australia’s biggest...

Government’s Nanotech and Energy “Dialogue” one-sided

Friends of the Earth have raised concerns that a Government sponsored “dialogue” on nanotechnology and energy held in Brisbane recently, only told one side of the story. Four nanotechnology scientists spoke, yet experts on the potential risks associated with the...

Good News for Nanomedicine?!….Hardly

A new study published in the recent edition of Nature Nanotechnology is being widely touted as great evidence that one of the darlings of the nanotechnology world – Quantum Dots – are finally proven safe for use in medicine. We don’t agree. Quantum...