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What is Nanotechnology?
Nanotechnology is the experimental process
of manipulating matter at a scale of 1/100th the width of human hair,
in order to create new products and materials.
New consumer products with hidden nanotech ingredients hit the U.S. market in a nearly unregulated fashion each week, including baby toys, personal care products, clothes, and countless other products.
The nanoparticles in these products are so small, they leach through the skin and spread through the environment in unpredictable ways.
What is Synthetic Biology?
Synthetic Biology is the design and construction
of new biological parts, devices and systems that do not exist in the
natural world and also the redesign of existing biological systems to
perform specific tasks.
Advances in nanoscale technologies - manipulation of matter at the level of atoms and molecules - are contributing to advances in synthetic biology.
Take Action!
Tell the FDA: We Need an Immediate Moratorium on all Nanotech Products
Links
- Extreme Genetic Engineering: An Introduction to Synthetic Biology
- The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
- Out of the Laboratory and Onto Our Plates: Nanotechnology in Food and Agriculture
- ETC Group's Nanotech Campaign
- NanoAction
- Canadian Institute for Environmental Law & Policy Framework for Nanotechnology Policy
Nanotech Science Articles
- 01/20/11 - Health Concerns Raised Over Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Swiss-French Study
- 09/01/10 - Silver Nanoparticles Stop Sperm Stem Cell Growth
- 01/07/10 - New Study Indicates that Nanosilver Migrates from Treated Fabric During Washing
- 08/27/09 - Exposure to Nanoparticles Is Related to Pleural Effusion, Pulmonary Fibrosis and Granuloma
- 08/14/09 - Iron Nanoparticles Can Be Toxic to Human Lung Cells
- 06/17/09 - Carbon Nanotubes May Suppress Immunity
- 03/30/09 - Studies Show Nanoparticles Used in Sunscreens and Makeup can Harm the Environment
- 05/21/08 - Nanotubes May Pose Health Risks Similar to Asbestos
- 07/23/07 - Analysis of 700 Sunscreen Products Finds Major Problems
- 11/28/06 - Major Scientific Journal Warns of Hazards of Nanotechnology
Nanotech Headlines
- 05/13/13 - How a Legal Loophole Allows Untested Pesticides in Everything From Cosmetics to Clothing
- 02/24/13 - Nanoparticles Are in Our Food, Clothing and Medicine -- And No One Knows for Sure How Dangerous They Might Be
- 02/22/13 - Just say "No-No" to nanos
- 02/06/13 - Nanoparticles in Food Raise Concern
- 01/27/13 - The Tiniest Particles that May be a Threat as Bad as Asbestos
- 12/03/12 - Nanoparticles in Your Food? You’re Already Eating Them
- 08/22/12 - Nanosized Pollutants Pose Crop Risks
- 07/10/12 - Nanotechnology: Great Economic Potential but Serious Risks?
- 05/24/12 - White House Blocking EPA Efforts to Issue Rules on Nanomaterials, Advocates Say
- 05/10/12 - Nanotechnology: Too Small to be Ignored
- 12/14/11 - Nanotechnology in Food: In the Absence of Regulations, Nonprofit Releases New Framework for Companies to Evaluate Safety
- 09/26/11 - Nanoparticles Cause Brain Injury in Fish
- 07/21/11 - Tiny Nanoparticles Could Be a Big Problem
- 04/21/11 - Nanoparticles Destroy Soil and the Environment, Study Finds
- 02/22/11 - Occupational Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers
- 01/20/11 - Health Concerns Raised Over Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Swiss-French Study
- 11/17/10 - Nanotechnology, Climate and Energy: Over-heated Promises and Hot Air?
- 10/29/10 - Keep Nanotechnology Out of Organic!
- 10/25/10 - Nanoparticles Worm Their Way Into the Food Web
- 10/18/10 - Is the National Organic Standards Board Embracing Nanotechnology?
- 10/08/10 - Unregulated Nano Products Flooding Market, Presenting Dangerous Toxicity Potential
- 10/05/10 - Nanotech Pesticides? Safety Issues Arise
- 09/22/10 - Warning: Silver Nanoparticle Waste in Our Water
- 09/01/10 - Silver Nanoparticles Stop Sperm Stem Cell Growth
- 08/20/10 - Silver Beware: Antimicrobial Nanoparticles in Soil May Harm Plant Life
- 08/19/10 - EPA May Give First Approval of Nanosilver for Fabrics
- 07/21/10 - The News in Food Nanotechnology
- 07/16/10 - Big Pharma Nanotechnology Encodes Pills with Tracking Data that You Swallow
- 06/29/10 - Opinion: U.S. Should Follow Europe and Put the Brakes on Nanotech Food and Other Products
- 06/25/10 - Bill Gates Funds Covert Vaccine Nanotechnology
- 06/24/10 - Scientists Try to Find Benefits, Risks of Nanoparticles
- 06/03/10 - More Bad News About Sunscreen Safety: Nanoparticles
- 05/09/10 - Canada Bans Nanotechnology in Organics
- 04/26/10 - Dr. Samuel Epstein’s Interview on Cancer Prevention
- 03/29/10 - Nanotechnology Bringing Foods, Regulated or Not, to Grocery Near You
- 03/26/10 - No Regulation of Nanotech
- 01/26/10 - Study Warns: Carbon Nanotubes Behave Like Asbestos, Could Cause Mesothelioma Cancer
- 01/12/10 - Food Industry Secretive over Nanotechnology
- 01/07/10 - New Study Indicates that Nanosilver Migrates from Treated Fabric During Washing
- 12/16/09 - Moving from Nanotechnology to Nanotoxicity?
- 11/17/09 - Nanosilver in Consumer Products: No Silver Lining for Fish
- 10/05/09 - Nanotech and Vegetable Production: A Crazed and Dangerous Idea
- 09/21/09 - Nanomaterials: Why Your Company Should Sweat the Small Stuff
- 09/21/09 - Nanotech Safety: Smaller Particles May Be Riskier
- 09/21/09 - EPA Eyeing Stricter Approaches For Overseeing Nanomaterials
- 08/27/09 - Exposure to Nanoparticles Is Related to Pleural Effusion, Pulmonary Fibrosis and Granuloma
- 08/26/09 - Nanotechnology Offers Disturbing Parallels to GMOs
- 08/25/09 - Study Explores Link Between Alzheimer's and Nanoparticles
- 08/14/09 - Iron Nanoparticles Can Be Toxic to Human Lung Cells
- 07/28/09 - Nanotechnology: More Hazardous Than GMOs and Toxic Chemicals?
- 07/12/09 - Nobody Knows What Nanoparticles Do - Yet They Are in Your Food, Cosmetics, and Toys
- 06/17/09 - Carbon Nanotubes May Suppress Immunity
- 06/11/09 - Nano-Silver: Extreme Germ Killer Presents Growing Threat to Public Health
- 05/19/09 - Don't Get Burned, Use Sunscreens Without Nanoparticles
- 03/30/09 - Studies Show Nanoparticles Used in Sunscreens and Makeup can Harm the Environment