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The new definition of nanomaterials adopted by the European Commission will leave products that pose nano-risks effectively unregulated and people and the environment at risk. After many months of consultations the European Commission has...

7,000 Australians die each year from infections picked up in hospitals. This shocking loss of life is four times the annual road toll. Overuse of antibiotics has contributed to the problem, by promoting the...

A long-awaited review of New Zealand (Aotearoa)’s nanotechnology regulation has found so many gaps that nano researcher Professor Simon Brown has told the NZ Science Media Centre, "the regulatory system is simply not working". Stephanie Howard, Projects...

Standards Australia’s new proposal to let companies raise SPF ratings from 30+ to 50+ has been greeted with controversy. The Cancer Council has expressed concern that although extra sun protection offered will be minimal...

In what may be a world first, Australia’s national sunscreens regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration, has ordered a sunscreen company to stop advertising its product as “not nano”. The co-regulatory body of the TGA is...

Confidential documents obtained under Freedom of Information reveal that the Federal Government does not support labelling of nanomaterials for informed choice. The excerpt from the Australian Government Position on the NSW government’s nanotechnology inquiry...

An interesting article in Food Safety News describes the huge enthusiasm from the food industry for using nano-ingredients in food. Despite this, the reporter found that few companies would admit whether or not they were using it now....

An interesting article in Food Safety News describes the huge enthusiasm from the food industry for using nano-ingredients in food. Despite this, the reporter found that few companies would admit whether or not they...

Is the new wave of science communication – web-based, renegade and prolific – going to democratise science or not? Are social media simply the latest frontier for public engagement? FOEA recently got together with...

Nanotechnology is often promoted as a means to end hunger, dramatically reduce disease, or even to overcome poverty – in short, as a boon for the world’s poorest people. However, in a new book...