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Last year I was invited to speak at the International Council on Nanotechnology’s conference in Tokyo. My presentation, ”The social, environmental and political impacts of nanotechnology” made three key points: 1) existing evidence of...

Although millions of people are applying products that contain nanomaterials to their skin daily, no-one knows yet how likely it is that these nanomaterials are absorbed from our skin to our blood stream. As the...

By Georgia Miller. Reprinted from New Matilda 8 September 2006. Unaccompanied by regulatory oversight or public debate, the nanotechnological revolution has begun. Several hundred consumer products now include engineered nanoparticles. Global sales of nanoproducts...

The new National Nanotechnology Strategy Taskforce report “Options for a National Nanotechnology Strategy”, released by Industry Minister Macfarlane on 12 September, fails to address the most significant public interests issues raised by nanotechnology, suggesting that the...

Nanotechnology is forecast to underpin “the next industrial revolution”, leading to far-reaching changes in social, economic and ecological relations. Yet whereas the health and environment risks posed by nanomaterials are attracting an increasing amount of...

By Gyorgy Scrinis. Reprinted from Arena Magazine, No. 83, June/July, 2006 Nanotechnology — a new range of techniques for engaging with and reconstructing nature at the atomic and molecular level — is being hailed...

In early July 2006 I was invited and journeyed as the FOE Australia Nanotechnology Projects representative to Zurich to participate in the International Risk Governance Council Conference on Nanotechnology. The purpose of the conference...

A new study by researchers at the US Environmental Protection Agency’s research laboratories in North Carolina has found that nano particles used in some sun creams have the potential to cause neurological damage. A...

Amid growing reports of nanotoxicity (download briefing below), in an effort to bolster public confidence in nanotechnology, top nanotechnology analyst and advocate Lux Research Inc has called for strong regulation of nanotechnology’s environment, health and safety...

The scientific and business community are still struggling to understand the global public rejection of genetically engineered (GE) foods, and with the growing discourse around the risks and disruptive impacts of nanotechnology, many are...