Doomsday Clock edges closer to midnight as risks of emerging tech go unchecked
This year the Doomsday Clock was set at three minutes to midnight, two minutes closer to catastrophe than in 2014. The members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Science and Security Board cited unchecked climate change, nuclear weapons and emerging...
Register suggests widespread unregulated use of nanomaterials in agriculture in Australia
The revelation that large quantities of nanomaterials are being used in agricultural chemicals in France has brought into serious question claims made by the Australian Pesticide and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA), that nanomaterials are currently not being...NGO comments on EU transparency measures for nanomaterials on the market
Comments from Friends of the Earth Australia and Germany (BUND), the European Environmental Bureau and the Center for International Environmental Law on the European Commission’s working conclusions regarding transparency measures for nanomaterials on the...
US groups sue the EPA for failing to regulate nano-silver
While exasperation grows in Australia with regulators who don’t regulate, unfortunately it appears that regulatory paralysis is not a problem confined to Australia. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declared silver a pesticide. In 2008 the International...Crazytech
Stupid technologies we don't need.....
And that could destroy life on Earth.
And that could destroy life on Earth.