It may be winter in the southern hemisphere, but in the northern hemisphere the nano-sunscreen safety debate has been heating up. Following a challenge from Andrew Maynard on his 2020 Science blog to specify a worst case scenario health outcome from using...
In an article published in the journal “Science”, a research team led by controversial US scientist-entrepreneur Craig Venter announced that it has created from scratch the world’s first synthetic organism. Yet despite fears that this latest feat in...
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 of...
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has affirmed its earlier vote to prohibit foods containing nanomaterials being sold in Europe until they undergo validated new risk assessment, are proven safe, are approved by ethical and environmental...
Are you concerned that nano-ingredients in foods sold in Australia don’t have to be labelled? Please make a submission to Australia’s national review of food labelling and add your voice to those calling for nano and GM ingredients in foods to face strict...