In March this year, the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) called for a global moratorium on nanotechnology. The IUF cited concerns regarding the health and environmental risks...
Chris Richards from New Internationalist magazine and Melbourne radio station 3CR interviewsGeorgia Miller from Friends of the Earth Australia and Nnimmo Bassey from Environmental Rights Action, Nigeria. Georgia and Nnimmo map out nanotechnology’s broader...
Reprinted from “Clean Food Organic”. Following on from genetic engineering, nanotechnology represents the latest high technology attempt to infiltrate our food supply. Senior scientists have warned that nanotechnology, the manipulation of matter at the scale of...
Friends of the Earth Australia has joined an international coalition of 20 public interest organisations in rejecting proposals to manage the risks associated with nanotechnology by using voluntary measures. The coalition has released an open letter (download below)...
In a world first, citing concerns about nanotechnology’s health risks and social impacts, the International Union of Food, Farm and Hotel Workers (IUF) has called for a moratorium on the use of nanotechnology in food and agriculture (see full text of resolution...