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Joining environmental and social justice campaigners, farmers, Indigenous Peoples, unionists, students, academics and thousands of others, FoE United States nanotechnology and health campaigner Ian Illuminato blogs from the World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil,...

A British Royal Commission report to be released today has called for “urgent regulation” to manage the serious toxic risks posed by nanomaterials now in commercial use. The Commission drew particular attention to the...

I was recently invited to participate in the 2nd Nanosafety Dialogue for Success, organised by the Directorate-General for Health and Consumers of the European Commission in October 2008 in Brussels. This was one of...

There is enormous public support for investment in sustainable, renewable energy alternatives to coal or nuclear power. There is also growing support for ‘green’ substitution of toxic chemicals. But all too often industry and...

On the 12th of November 2008 the Royal Commission’s study of “Novel Materials in the Environment: the case of nanotechnology” was released. The report, while long and detailed, makes shocking reading. Most importantly it...

An undergraduate team focused exclusively on the ethical, environmental, economic, social and legal (E3LS) aspects of synthetic biology has won a bronze medal at the international Genetic Engineering Machine/ synthetic biology competition (iGEM). The...

The Australian Government has issued its long awaited response to the recommendations of the 2005-06 Senate Inquiry into workplace exposure to toxic dust and nanoparticles. Disappointingly, the Government ignored 2 of the 3 key...

A poll of 1010 people comes as a wake-up call to Australia’s food safety regulator, showing that Australians overwhelmingly want a higher level of risk assessment and transparency in labelling of nano ingredients in...

For the first time, food companies will have to declare to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) when their products contain nanotechnology ingredients, additives, food processing aids or contaminants that could pose new toxicity...

Center for American Progress and Science Progress Senior Fellow Rick Weiss explains why the US FDA’s failure to act on nanofoods puts public health at risk. The original article “Nanoparticles get nanoregulation” is found...