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Sustained pressure by non-profits forces change in FDA nanotech policy
FDA has a responsibility to ensure that these potentially dangerous products are not sold in stores without more clarity about their safety and labeling.
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Nanomaterials used freely in consumer products under FDAs watch
In 2006, Friends of the Earth released a groundbreaking report, “Nanomaterials, Sunscreens and Cosmetics: Small Ingredients, Big Risks.” Since then, we’ve released updated reports every year, sh…
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Nano-Silver: Policy Failure Puts Public Health at Risk
Friends of the Earth United States is calling on the government to act now to seriously restrict the use of nano-silver in consumer, industrial and environmental products.
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Why are nanosunscreens still unlabelled and unregulated on the market?
Furthermore, none of the nanocosmetics or nanosunscreens on the U.S. market are subject to a premarket safety assessment by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that would require special tests…
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Nano in the Gulf oil spill: Two wrongs don’t make a right
A corporation has asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to approve one of their products containing manufactured nanoparticles for oil clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico. We
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Nano banned from organic in Canada
Nanotechnology involves the creation and manipulation of materials at the scale of atoms and molecules. Scientists are applying nanotechnology to many industries, including food production. Critics sa…
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Nanotechnology, Climate and Energy: Over-Heated Promises and Hot Air?
This groundbreaking report rigorously examines claims that nanotechnology will allow for continued economic growth and resource use while minimizing environmental impacts, showing that to date nanotec…
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Report Warns of Nano-Sunscreen Risks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ian Illuminato, Friends of the Earth, 250-478-7135, [email protected] George Kimbrell, International Center for Technology Assessment, 571-527-8618, gkimbrell@icta…
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Nano & Biocidal Silver
Extreme germ killers present a growing threat to public health.
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Nano-silver: Extreme Germ Killer Presents Growing Threat to Public Health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Nick Berning, 202-222-0748 Ian Illuminato, 250-478-7135 New report from Friends of the Earth sheds light on risks from p…