Nanotech debate enters the Australian election
The Australian Greens have pledged their support for a national, mandatory and publicly available register of all nanomaterials in commercial use. This has been a past call from the Australian Council of Trade Unions and the (now defunct) Australian Nano Business...Major parties missing in action on nanotech policy
Despite their emphasis on building public trust in nanotechnology oversight, Labor, Liberals and the National Party have failed to answer an election policy questionnaire regarding their nanotechnology policy, sent by Friends of the Earth Australia. Friends of the...Creation of world’s first artificial life from the lab demands response from regulators asleep at the wheel
A research team led by controversial US scientist-entrepreneur Craig Venter announced today that it has created from scratch the world’s first synthetic organism. The development, published in the journal Science, has been predicted for many years – it took Venter’s...Consumers denied information re sunscreen, cosmetics nano-content
As scientific evidence of the health risks associated with nanoparticle ingredients in cosmetics and sunscreens grows, a new survey shows that companies are reluctant to tell their own consumers about whether or not they use the controversial ingredients. Friends of...Crazytech
Stupid technologies we don't need.....
And that could destroy life on Earth.
And that could destroy life on Earth.