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The Guardian has this week published an article that puts nanotechnology sunscreen safety into the spotlight. Why sunscreens are in the nanotechnology safety spotlight In May 2011 an Australian union recommended its members should...

A FOEA survey has found a high degree of industry secrecy regarding the use of nanoparticles in sunscreens and cosmetics. Nearly half the companies included in our anonymous consumer survey failed to give a...

A nine year study of press coverage in the US and UK has found an overwhelming focus on nanotechnology’s potential benefits, while little attention was given to potential health, environmental or social risks. The...

There is often a long time lag between the introduction of a new technology and the creation of laws to manage it, consideration of ethical dimensions, and public debate. The New Haven Independent covered...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...