Nearly 6 months after Friends of the Earth lodged an ACCC complaint against Antaria for misleadingly marketing the product as ‘non-nano’, the company has finally admitted that its ZinClear IM sunscreen ingredient is a nanomaterial. The ACCC is due to make public its...
A broad coalition of organisations today launched a statement calling for urgent action to tackle the looming antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis. The statement, endorsed by the Public Health Association of Australia, Friends of the Earth Australia, The Australia...
Friends of the Earth has welcomed the Government’s announcement yesterday of a Senate Inquiry into its handling of antimicrobial resistance, and is calling for the inquiry to carefully consider the contribution that the overuse and misuse of nano-silver is making to...
Friends of the Earth have lodged an ASX complaint against sunscreen ingredient manufacturer Antaria. The group claim that by failing to notify the ASX of evidence that its ZinClear IM product is a nanomaterial, and that the product’s ECOCERT accreditation has been...
One of Europe’s leading certifiers of organic and natural cosmetics, ECOCERT, has given Australian sunscreen ingredient manufacturer Antaria Limited until the end of the week to respond to allegations that its ZinClear IM product is a nanomaterial. After this, ECOCERT...