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One of Europe’s leading certifiers of organic and natural cosmetics, ECOCERT, has given Australian sunscreen ingredient manufacturer Antaria Limited until the end of the week to respond to allegations that its ZinClear IM product...

For an introduction to the issue please see our fact sheet What’s the basic story? We have revealed that a major Perth-based sunscreen ingredient manufacturer –Antaria Limited – appears to have been misrepresenting the...

Groundbreaking research by scientists from Trinity College Dublin has found that exposure to nanomaterials can have a serious health impacts, potentially causing rheumatoid arthritis and the development of other serious autoimmune diseases. The research...

In a critical first step to regulating nanomaterials, New Zealand’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made it compulsory to label for nanoscale ingredients in cosmetics. Which really begs the question, why can’t Australia? As...

Two new alarming research studies from the United States have highlighted serious concerns about the toxicity of nano-silver to aquatic microorganisms, plants and animals – with inevitable consequences to human food sources and health....

Friends of the Earth have raised concerns that a Government sponsored “dialogue” on nanotechnology and energy held in Brisbane recently, only told one side of the story. Four nanotechnology scientists spoke, yet experts on...

33 Australian nanotechnology scientists recently attended a 4 day workshop to explore opportunities for collaboration with the US military. Friends of the Earth have raised concerns that the collaboration could contribute to a nano...

A new study published in the recent edition of Nature Nanotechnology is being widely touted as great evidence that one of the darlings of the nanotechnology world – Quantum Dots – are finally proven...

A team of US researchers have discovered that the likelihood of nanoparticles in cosmetics being inhaled is high and have called for legislation requiring manufacturers to report the use of engineered nanomaterials in their...

A new study shows that silver nanoparticles have the potential to inhibit nitrifying bacteria in wastewater treatment works. Nitrifying bacteria play an important role in breaking down sewage. The study raises further concern about...