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Nano: the investor perspective from IEHN

September 9, 2009

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
corporate, liability, litigation, nanomaterials, nanoparticle, nanotechnologies, nanotechnology, toxic, toxicchemicals

My friend Rich Liroff runs an organization called Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) that encourages companies to reduce or eliminate toxic chemicals from their product lines. Smart. IEHN uses shareholder resolutions along with direct meetings with companies to encourage them...continued

nano-chemical exposures implicated in workplace deaths

August 19, 2009

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
chemicals, china, health, nanoparticle, nanotechnologies, nanotechnology, toxic, toxicchemicals

A study from Chinese scientists just out today reports on seven workers in a paint factory that were exposed to nanoparticles along with many other hazardous chemicals during their toxic workday. Two have already died of their diseases. All suffered shortness...continued

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Jennifer Sass
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