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NANOPARTICLES FOUND IN COMMON FOOD PRODUCTS
Independent testing has found potentially harmful nanoparticles in a range of food products.
Government survey confirms dismal state of food packaging regulation in Australia
A recent Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) survey of packaging manufacturers and the food industry reveals that Food Standards Australia New Zealand are failing to protect consumers from the risks associated with the use of nanomaterials in food packaging....
Nano zinc in sunscreen may be made more dangerous when combined with common household chemicals
While concerns have been raised about the safety of nano-zinc, current government advice is that there is insufficient evidence for it to be considered dangerous. Now a new study reported on the ABC has suggested that when nano-zinc is mixed with surfactants — a...
Religious right fights corporate right in patent stoush
Good news of sorts on the patent front. After decades of expansive interpretations of patent law to include patents on pretty much anything, including life, knowledge and ideas; after decades of governments supporting expansion of intellectual property protections for...
The use of techno-utopian narratives to further corporate control
Techno-utopianism (n.) − any ideology based on the belief that advances in science and technology will eventually bring about a utopia, or at least help to fulfil one or another utopian ideal. It is tempting to dismiss techno-utopian views as the realm of fringe...
Public engagement and the National Enabling Technologies Strategy
Nanotechnology marks one of the first times where 'upstream engagement' has become a central part of government technology policy in many OECD countries, including Australia. Joly and Kaufmann define public engagement as "a form of two-way communication between the...
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