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From 2020science.org : Introducing MINChar —a new community initiative to support effective material characterization in nanotoxicity studies. Here’s a tough one: Imagine you have a new substance—call it substance X—and you run some tests to see how toxic...
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From 2020science.org : The National Research Council of the National Academies releases its review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative Strategy for Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, Health, and Safety Research. And it’s not pretty. Most people...
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From 2020science: Nanotechnology—like other emerging technologies—presents a dilemma: If you're making new substances with uncertain health risks, how low is low enough when it comes to managing exposure? The issue is raised in the current edition of...
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November saw the publication of a commentary in Nature Nanotech bearing the title “The US must help set international standards for nanotechnology” ( here ). As the title suggests, the document was an exhortation for the US to take an active role in the...
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From 2020science.org : First impressions of the ICON EHS Database Analysis Tool What do you do this holiday season when the turkey’s lost its appeal, you’ve seen every movie worth watching ten times over, and conversational déjà-vu sets in? If you are...
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An article on the potential health risks of nanosilver published in 'The Scotsman' newspaper has prompted fresh debate in this controversial area. The article , published in Sunday's issue of The Scotsman, attempts to examine exactly how safe use of as-yet...
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From 2020science.org : The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution report on Novel Materials Imagine for one naïve moment that we have a pretty good handle on managing the environmental impact of existing manufactured “stuff”. Then someone comes along...
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From 2020science.org : UK Consumer Organization Which? Releases New Report Who needs an emerging technologies blog when you have The Daily Mail ? For those of you that missed it, Wednesday’s on-line issue of the British tabloid newspaper highlighted “The...
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From 2020Science.org : Twelve months ago today I held a bag of multi-walled carbon nanotubes up before a hearing of the U.S. House Science Committee. I wanted to emphasize the discrepancy between the current state of the science on carbon nanotubes, and...
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First posted on 2020science.org , 20th October 2008: Is the RBC Life Sciences® nanotechnology product Slim Shake approved for use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? According to the BBC Radio 4 science program Frontiers —broadcast on Monday...
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From 2020science.org : Whoever would have thought a science juggling act could be so much fun? Or so informative? Yet a couple of weeks back I found myself grinning like a ten year-old as I sat reviewing a new set of nanotech DVDs. The culprit: "The Amazing...
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From 2020science.org : After three years of hard work, International Standards Organization (ISO) Technical Committee TC229 —set up in 2005 to develop nanotechnology-related standards—has finally begun delivering the goods. And the first documents off...
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From 2020Science.org : The silent rave might seem a rather bizarre social phenomenon; a group of strangers converging in a public place and dancing to their own individual iPod soundtracks. But I have a sneaking suspicion that the emerging technology...
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From 2020science.org: So, you have a cool new science that could make a major impact on global challenges like energy, disease and pollution and you want to make sure it reaches its full potential. What do you do? At some point, having a heart to heart...
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I’m afraid the good folks at SAFENANO have corrupted me! Once content to write gloriously inaccessible academic papers, I fear nearly 12 months of blogging for SAFENANO has given me a taste for less than academic musings. So much so, that I have just...
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$38 million! The number keeps floating before my eyes; a retinal imprint from the press release. $38 million for nanotechnology environmental impact research, courtesy of the folks at the U.S. National Science Foundation and Environmental Protection Agency....
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The SafeNANO blog is no stranger to the use (and possible abuse) of nanometre-scale silver—products ranging from silver-enhanced socks and toothpaste to plush toys and cure-alls have all appeared in the spotlight recently. With each passing month, the...
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If you evaluate the toxicity of an engineered nanomaterial, how far can you trust your results? If someone else repeats your tests and gets a different answer, did they do it wrong? Did you? Or was the material used different in some subtle but nevertheless...
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Amidst the cacophony of debate swirling around the true meaning of nanotechnology, I head a voice or reason last week. The voice was that of Dr. Bernd Sachweh of BASF , speaking at the European Aerosol Conference in Thessoloniki. I paraphrase, but the...
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How cool is this: A nanotech-enabled labcoat to protect the user against… well, nanomaterials presumably, amongst other things! The labcoat—which uses Nanotex technology to make it stain resistant—is part of a major update to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies...
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Time for a nano-break. I’ll be taking a break from the SafeNano blog over the next three weeks, as my family try to convince me there really is life beyond nanotechnology (I’m sceptical). In the meantime, I couldn’t resist giving loyal readers something...
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Addressing potential nanotechnology environment, health and safety (EHS) impacts up-front makes good business sense – doesn’t it? The US-based advisory firm Lux Research certainly thinks so. The latest document from the organization— “Nanomaterials State...
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As the rate of technological progress advances, are we learning the lessons of past successes and failures? And are we applying these lessons successfully to nanotechnology? In 2001, the European Environment Agency (EEA) published a seminal report on...
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Into the babble of conflicting and confusing terms surrounding nanotechnology, let me introduce another one: “wysinwig nanoparticles” —what-you-see-is -NOT -what-you-get nanoparticles. It describes particles that have an annoying habit of revealing their...
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A terse statement from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today [ available here. PDF, 16 KB ] confirmed that Dr. John Howard’s tenure as director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ( NIOSH ) will not be...
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