by Andrew Maynard | Feb 20, 2012 | Communication, Nanotechnology, Technology Innovation
This has just landed in my email in box from Craig Cormick at the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education in Australia, and I thought I would pass it on given the string of posts on nanoparticles in sunscreens on 2020 Science over...
by Andrew Maynard | May 22, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology
Last week, the Victoria branch of the Australian Education Union (AEU) passed a resolution recommending that “workplaces use only nanoparticle-free sunscreen” and that sunscreens used by members on children are selected from those “highlighted in the...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 18, 2010 | Emerging Technology, Engagement, Nanotechnology
A few weeks ago, I set 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? The challenge came out of an article from FoE on nanomaterials and...
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 | Jun 8, 2010 | Engagement, Nanotechnology
Following up from my previous post, here’s an open question to Friends of the Earth: What is your worst case estimate of the human health risk from titanium dioxide and/or zinc oxide nanoparticles in sunscreens? What I am interested in is a number – a...
