Cartoon by Ron Barrett for the New York Times article, Teeny-Weeny Rules for Itty-Bitty Atom Clusters.......
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Nanotechnology regulations imposed by the Berkeley City Council took effect Friday. The council decided last Tuesday to amend its hazardous materials law to include nanoparticles, making Berkeley the...
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Tonight I'm at the Illinois Science and Technology Park outside Chicago for the NanoBusiness Alliance Holiday Party. This venue, graciously hosted by Alliance director Sean Murdock, has brought...
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Yesterday I took part in the Industry Forum at the International Conference on Nanotechnology Occupational and Environmental Health & Safety in Cincinnati. The forum focused on risk management in...
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Dr. Andrew Maynard, Science Advisor to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, and his co-authors outline a series of five grand challenges to nanotech risk assessment in a commentary in this...
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Consumers who attended the conference on nanotechnology last week in Berlin called for comprehensible labeling of products containing engineered nanoparticles. The group's demands formulated in a...
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This week I was asked to review a draft of the joint research strategy being developed by the German BAuA (Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), UBA (Federal Environment Agency), and...
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Most people feel pretty safe putting sunscreen containing nanoparticles on their skin, but what about the health of those working with nanoparticles everyday? That's the question the...
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The U.S. Organic Consumers Association (OCA) has submitted an open letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expressing concern that the FDA's current oversight practices do not...
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UK food manufacturers and others are being asked to provide any information on nanotechnologies they are working on under a program launched this week by the government. It's hoped voluntary...
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GMO has became a dirty word, and if the nanotech industry isn't careful its products could suffer the same fate, says a story at wired.com: "The scary part of it is that if we were to demand...
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One of the hottest topics in nanotechnology right now is the need for regulation. But in order to regulate nanotech products you have to begin by defining which products really contain anything nano....
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SEMI, the leading semiconductor equipment industry association, has issued a policy statement opposing new US nanotech export controls: "SEMI is concerned about possible new export controls on...
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As reported in my last post, several environmental groups have teamed up to ask the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to recall sunscreens and further regulate their use. Let's look at what...
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In a move sure to have implications for nanotechnology, the World Trade Organization ruled Tuesday that the European Union (EU) breached international rules by restricting imports of genetically...
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A new report from the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars says more aggressive oversight and new resources are needed to manage the potential...
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