Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
Today, NRDC filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for their failure to hand over their communications with industry related to a class of toxic plastics chemicals called phthalates.Phthalates make plastics flexible, like infant products and children's...continued→
Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
The Nanowerk News reported that this week the US Environmental Protection Agency fined a nanotech company, ATEN Technology, a whopping $208,000 because its subsidiary, IOGEAR, is selling nanosilver as an unregistered pesticide. Under the pesticide regulation laws (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide...continued→
Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
A scientific committee of the European Union just issued a report concluding that current approaches to assess the potential risks of nanomaterials in cosmetics, including sunscreens, are inadequate. After a thorough review of current risk assessment approaches, the committee concluded...continued→
Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
I was very pleased to be able to participate in the European Commission’s invitation-only 1st Annual Nanotechnologies Safety for Success Dialogue in Brussels on October 25-26, 2007. The focus was nano-enabled food, consumer products, and medical applications. Our host was...continued→
