Sweating the really small stuff: Governing nanotechnologies
Great expectations, and no small amount of hype, are pinned on nanotech’s potential to bring about a new industrial revolution. By some accounts, nanotech will boost economies while greening …
Skin Deep: A Nanoscale Effort on Cosmetics Regulation
Regulatory credibility on nanotechnologies is at ankle level with the regulators’ decision not to enforce the only nano-specific requirement on its books.
The Ministry of Health and ERMA have no …
Council proposes rules for nanocosmetic ingredients
In 2011, the Sustainability Council wrote to ERMA, urging that in the annual review of cosmetics regulation, the regulator propose mandatory labelling and risk assessment of nanoscale cosmetic …
Nanotech commercialisation racing ahead of safety regulation
New Zealand women are being exposed to cosmetic products containing a type of nanomaterial that has been stripped from the shelves in Europe and Australia.
Products containing nanoparticles called “fullerenes” …
The Invisible Revolution
New Zealand women are being exposed to cosmetic products containing a typeof nanomaterial that has been stripped from the shelves in Europe and Australia.
Products containing nanoparticles called “fullerenes” remain …
Protect public health with rules for nanocosmetics – 2010
In 2010, the Sustainability Council urged ERMA to introduce proper labelling and mandatory safety testing of nanoscale cosmetic ingredients during its annual review of cosmetics regulations.
