In early July 2006 I was invited and journeyed as the FOE Australia Nanotechnology Projects representative to Zurich to participate in the International Risk Governance Council Conference on Nanotechnology. The purpose of the conference was for the invited speakers...
The nanotechnology issue of Chain Reaction, Friends of the Earth’s quarterly magazine, provides a great introduction to this powerful new technology. Chain Reaction tackles all the hard issues that industry and government are attempting to ignore in the emerging...
Amid growing reports of nanotoxicity (download briefing below), in an effort to bolster public confidence in nanotechnology, top nanotechnology analyst and advocate Lux Research Inc has called for strong regulation of nanotechnology’s environment, health and...
The scientific and business community are still struggling to understand the global public rejection of genetically engineered (GE) foods, and with the growing discourse around the risks and disruptive impacts of nanotechnology, many are becoming increasingly worried...
A new study by researchers at the US Environmental Protection Agency’s research laboratories in North Carolina has found that nano particles used in some sun creams have the potential to cause neurological damage. A new study by researchers at the US...