Victorian public school teachers reject nano-sunscreens

Victorian teachers have voted for nano-sunscreens to be kept out their workplaces. The Victorian branch of the Australian Education Union (AEU) has unanimously passed a resolution supporting calls for regulating nanoparticles and recommending that workplaces use only...

Nanotechnology and the Extension and Transformation of Inequity

Miller, G. and Scrinis, G. “Nanotechnology and the transformation and extension of inequity”. Chapter 7 in, S.E. Cozzens, J.M. Wetmore (eds.), Nanotechnology and the Challenges of Equity, Equality and Development, Yearbook of Nanotechnology in Society 2, DOI...

Kids at risk from nano-sunscreens

Today every child care centre in Australia (more than 10,000) will receive the new, summer 2010-11 Friends of the Earth Safe Sunscreen Guide. Senior scientists say that children may be at a higher risk of exposure to nanoparticles in sunscreens than adults because...

Nanotechnology’s green claims don’t stack up

Friends of the Earth has released a new report debunking industry promises that nanotechnology offers solutions to our most pressing environmental problems, including climate change. The report, “Nanotechnology, climate and energy: over-heated promises and hot air?”...