Nano and biocidal silver: extreme germ killers present a growing threat to public health
There is clear evidence that silver, and in particular nanosilver, is toxic to aquatic and terrestrial organisms, a variety of mammalian cells in vitro, and may be detrimental to human health. While undoubtedly silver and nanosilver have useful applications in the...NSW government rejects key nano safety, consumer choice recommendations
The NSW Government yesterday released its official response to recommendations made by the 2008 NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Nanotechnology. It backed away from key recommendations to promote nano-product safety, workplace disclosure and consumer choice. The...Europe declares de facto moratorium on nanotech food
Overnight, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have set stringent new rules for the safety assessment of foods produced used nanotechnology (‘nanofoods’) which constitute a de facto moratorium on the sales of nanofood in the European Union. According to the...New calls for caution on carbon nanotubes from high level European Scientific Committee
Overnight, the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) has released its new “Risk Assessment of Products of Nanotechnologies”. In light of shocking new studies last year finding that some carbon nanotubes pose...Crazytech
Stupid technologies we don't need.....
And that could destroy life on Earth.
And that could destroy life on Earth.