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“A new report by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) stated that nanotechnology is causing concern over the risks it poses to workers. Nanoparticles were placed at the top of...

The Age writes that: “Australian unions are demanding urgent regulation of the nanotechnology industry, citing mounting evidence that some tiny particles used in products such as sunscreens and cosmetics could be as harmful as...

Reprinted from opinion piece by FoEA’s Georgia Miller in The Age newspaper: “Beauty products don’t have a fantastic record on health over the centuries – think mercury face powders in Ancient Egypt or lead...

On 24th April the European Parliament plenary adopted the report by Swedish Green MEP Carl Schlyter on the regulatory aspects of nanomaterials (1). He commented: “I am delighted that an overwhelming in Parliament majority...

  The Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (ANFA) is appalled by the Senate vote (Thursday 19 March) not to repeal the Commonwealth radioactive Waste Management Act -2005 (CRWMA).  Labor Senators voted not to repeal this act, despite it...

When hearing a legal case, in decision making on the board of a major bank or company, and in parliaments around the world, it’s accepted practice to declare any potential conflicts of interest, and...

On 25 March, in the first reading of the new Novel Foods Directive, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) overwhelmingly voted in favour of setting stringent new rules for the safety assessment of foods...

A study has demonstrated inter-generational harm resulting from exposure to a commonly used nanoparticle, titanium dioxide. A group of Japanese researchers have shown the transfer of nanoparticles from pregnant mice to their offspring, with...

ABC Online writes that: “Australian unions and industry are calling for urgent regulation to protect workers from the risks of nanotechnology, while scientists are struggling to keep up the supply of hard data.” Australian...

In an article published in the International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation, FoEA’s Georgia Miller argues that governments and industry have learned little from the mistakes they made in GM foods. Lessons inlude...