FoE calls for Samsung “Nano Silver” washing machine recall in face of growing risk concerns
In the face of growing concerns about the toxicity risks that nano silver poses to environmental systems and human health, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced recently that it would move to introduce the world’s first nanotechnology-specific regulations....FoE Australia at UNESCO expert meeting on nano and ethics (Paris, Nov 2006)
I was recently invited and attended an expert meeting on nanotechnology and ethics hosted by the UNESCO, Division of Ethics and Science and Technology in Paris (Nov 16/17th 2006). I was the only NGO representative amongst twenty invited ‘experts’. Other...Do nanoparticles in sunscreens and cosmetics penetrate the skin?
Although millions of people are applying products that contain nanomaterials to their skin daily, no-one knows yet how likely it is that these nanomaterials are absorbed from our skin to our blood stream. As the evidence of nanotoxicity grows, it is becoming more...The disruptive social impacts of nanotechnology
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...Crazytech
Stupid technologies we don't need.....
And that could destroy life on Earth.
And that could destroy life on Earth.