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The Impact of Toxicity Testing Costs on Nano Regulation - Paradigm Shift in the US?
Information about the toxicity of nanoparticles is important in determining how nanoparticles will be regulated. In the U.S., the burden of collecting this information and... More
Commission's Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) Adopts Opinion
The European Commission's independent Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) has published its opinion on the most recent developments in the... More
The Big Business of Nano Litigation
Attorneys are hard at work protecting nanotech makers - what about consumers? Rick Weiss (Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and Science Progress)... More
EPA to Enforce Premanufacture Reviews for Carbon Nanotubes Beginning March
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to begin enforcing a requirement that directs companies to file premanufacture notices if they manufacture or import... More
Nanotoxicology: Big and small nanoparticles affect most genes similarly
The smallest nano-sized silica particles used in biomedicine and engineering likely won't cause unexpected biological responses due to their size, according to work presented during... More
Zinc Oxide in Cosmetic Products and Sunscreens - The Confusion Goes On
The Swedish Drug Administration has banned 10 companies from marketing sunscreens containing zinc oxide particles as UV filters. The ban is in line with current... More
FramingNano Mapping Study on Nanotechnologies Regulation and Governance Released
A detailed study providing a picture of the recent development regarding regulation and governance of Nanoscience & Nanotechnologies in Europe and worldwide, identifying relevant N&N... More
FramingNano Delphi Questionnaire Online
FramingNano is an FP7-funded international mutli-stakeholder dialogue platform to regulate the development of nanosciences and nanotechnologies (NS&T). A two-part Delphi study is a key element... More