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 suffic…
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 disc…
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 …
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 n…
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 might…
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 modi…
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 a…