US Advisor Talks About Nanotech Regulation

J. Clarence (Terry) Davies, Senior Advisor to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies and Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future, is one of the foremost authorities on environmental research and policy. Here he talks about the regulation of nanotechnology.

Q: Do you think governments are doing enough to protect consumers from the potential health risks associated with nanomaterials, especially with regards to cosmetic products? If not what kind of regulatory framework do you think they should put into place?
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MEP Calls for Greater Nanotech Regulation

Concerns about the impact of nanotechnology on our health and the environment are prompting calls for stricter regulation in the European Union. The European Parliament is assembling a draft report in relation to the regulation of nanomaterials. The report  suggests that

“nanomaterials…potentially present significant new risks due to their minute size, such as increased reactivity and mobility, possibly leading to increased toxicity in combination with unrestricted access to the human body… The current discussion about nanomaterials is characterised by many contradictions or even paradoxes, with disagreement and thus political
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