by Andrew Maynard | Jan 18, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Oversight, Regulation
Cross posted from the Risk Science Center Blog: There’s a lot to like in President Obama’s perspective on 21st century regulation. Writing in today’s Wall Street Journal, Obama outlines his thinking behind his new executive order to review and revise...
by Georgia Miller | Jun 15, 2010 | Engagement, Guest Post, Nanotechnology, Recommended, Regulation
Last week, I posed Friends of the Earth a challenge – “What is your worst case estimate of the human health risk from titanium dioxide and/or zinc oxide nanoparticles in sunscreens?” Georgia Miller of FoE Australia and Ian Illuminato of FoE in the...
by Andrew Maynard | Apr 23, 2010 | Nanotechnology, Oversight, Regulation
A bit of a wonky blog I’m afraid, but having seen relatively little on the recently introduced Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 and its relevance to engineered nanomaterials on the web, I thought I would post something short and sweet here. Just over a week ago,...
