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Chemistry World April 29, 2008 Rebecca Trager |
International Nanosafety Drive Launched The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has brought countries together to pool their resources and test the human health and environmental safety of several nanomaterials that are already in use. |
IndustryWeek June 22, 2011 |
Regulators Will Control Nanotechnology Future Nanotechnology promises great advances for a host of industries, but concerns about health and safety threaten commercialization efforts. |
Chemistry World March 9, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Finding the Risks of Nanoparticle Exposure A new model for nanoparticle exposure should provide more realistic insights into the possible health risks of airborne nanoparticles, researchers in Switzerland claim. |
Chemistry World December 12, 2006 Richard Van Noorden |
Nano-Hype Comes Out in the Wash The EPA's intent to regulate nanotech is generally applauded, but with nanotoxicology research still in its infancy, and no defined protocols for manufacturers to follow, it is unclear how any regulations would work in practice. |
Chemistry World March 2008 Mark Peplow |
Editorial: Sweating the Small Stuff In the field of nanotechnology, the devil is in the detail. |
IndustryWeek July 22, 2009 Jill Jusko |
Poor Economy Tempers Nanotech's Growth Carbon nanotubes suffer as auto industry struggles. |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2005 Jack Uldrich |
DuPont: The Truth Helps Nanotech The company's honesty provides a long-term insurance policy for developments in this promising field. Will DuPont's openness be rewarded in the marketplace? |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2008 Jill Jusko |
Encouraging Sustainable Design Online calculator assesses products' carbon footprints. |
IEEE Spectrum September 2007 Karn & Matthews |
Nano Particles Without Macroproblems Quick and dirty advice for keeping nanotech clean. |
Chemistry World July 19, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Nanotechnology Risk Research Demanded The US government should act fast, and invest significantly, to make sure that nanotechnology and its related products are safe. The call comes from the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, a think-tank that advises on ways to develop policy alongside this burgeoning science. |
Chemistry World May 3, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Nano Warning A leading occupational medicine expert in the UK has angered nanoparticle manufacturers by comparing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with asbestos. |
Chemistry World July 2007 Ned Stafford |
Seeing the Environmental Wood for the Nanotech Trees German environmentalists issued a report on the potential health and environmental risks of nanotechnology in the hope of rallying international support for more regulatory oversight. |
Chemistry World July 12, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Nano-Review to Assess Policy Progress A review that will check whether the UK government has followed up on promises to regulate nanotechnology might struggle to find much progress, scientists predict. |
Chemistry World July 9, 2014 James Urquhart |
Nanosilver fears come out in the wash Colleagues at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology have shown that nanosilver fabrics actually leak far fewer nanoparticles when washed than previously thought. |
Science News March 10, 2007 |
Science Safari: National Environmental Education Week This web site provides information on the annual National Environmental Education Week that will culminate with Earth Day. |
Chemistry World July 25, 2013 Michael Collins |
Cost reporting is more than worth it All I want to know is how much damage the product I'm purchasing might be doing to the environment. And all products result in some environmental harm -- there is no such thing as a zero waste, zero carbon or a zero impact product. |
Popular Mechanics October 2006 Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Nanotechnology: Good Things in Small Packages Critics exaggerate the dangers. Boosters flog the benefits. Let's give nanotechnology a chance to develop before we start taking sides. |
IndustryWeek May 1, 2007 Jill Jusko |
Nanotechnology Commercialization Efforts Continue As potential nanotech sales grow, so too does scrutiny. |
IndustryWeek November 1, 2010 |
Nanotechnology Presents Regulatory Mess Manufacturers producing or utilizing nanomaterials face a tangled web of proposed safety and environmental regulations. |
CIO January 1, 2003 Julie Hanson |
The Next Little Thing Perhaps the Next Big Thing on the horizon, nanotechnology is the science of manipulating materials on an atomic or molecular scale. |
Food Processing September 2009 Ronald Wernette |
Nanotechnology Coming to Your Store The current number of food products using nanotechnology is relatively small. Nevertheless, hundreds of research projects are under way and tens of millions of dollars are being spent in a global race to apply nanotechnologies in food production, processing and packaging. |
Chemistry World October 3, 2006 Victoria Gill |
UK Dragging Heels on Nanotechnology Disappointing and slow. That is how the UK government's research to improve the understanding of the potential health and environmental impacts of free nanoparticles has been summed up by the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering. |
Chemistry World October 2, 2009 Rebecca Trager |
EPA issues nanotechnology research strategy Under EPA's new plan, the agency is focusing its research on seven manufactured nanomaterial types, which may require safety decisions. |
Chemistry World April 9, 2015 |
Big problems with little particles? There is a risk that poor toxicology studies could start undermining the success of nanomaterials. |
Chemistry World November 24, 2006 |
Washing Machine Triggers Nanoparticle Regulation Wrangles over a washing machine have pressured America's EPA to regulate commercial products containing silver nanoparticles as a pesticide. But it is not yet clear how the policy will be enforced. |
Chemistry World June 14, 2010 Sarah Houlton |
EU ministers call for nanomaterial ban They have called for nanosilver and long multiwalled carbon nanotubes to be banned in electrical and electronic products. |
Chemistry World September 23, 2013 Raphael Levy |
Gold nanoparticles for physics, chemistry and biology The varied perspectives in this textbook combine to give an agreeable read and a solid foundation in this topic. |
Chemistry World December 12, 2012 Mathew Heal |
Environmental chemistry With this new edition of Elements of Environmental Chemistry, by Ronald Hites and Jonathan Raff, comes an additional author and a slight expansion in coverage. Two new chapters -- PCBs, dioxins and flame retardants and Climate change supplement the previous ones. |
IndustryWeek October 21, 2009 Josh Cable |
How Green Are Your Products? As the demand for green intensifies, manufacturers are using software and Web-based tools to quantify -- and promote -- the environmental impacts of their products and processes. |
IndustryWeek January 1, 2008 Jill Jusko |
Growth Spurt for Nano: By the Numbers More than $50 billion in nano-enabled products sold worldwide last year. |
Chemistry World February 25, 2009 Victoria Gill |
Nano-regulation creeps closer Canada has introduced a mandatory safety reporting scheme for companies producing nanomaterials, becoming the first country in the world to do so. |
IDB America January 2006 |
IDB Approves New Environmental Policy This policy brings will steer the Bank's work toward mainstreaming environmental considerations across sectors, safeguarding the environmental quality of all IDB operations and making the Bank socially and environmentally responsible within its own facilities. |
Chemistry World October 25, 2009 Hayley Birch |
New evidence for toxic effects of inhaled nanotubes Further evidence for the asbestos-like effects of carbon nanotubes has emerged from a new study in mice. |
Bank Technology News July 2008 Rebecca Sausner |
Call It a `Green' FICO Diane Baum hopes that her automated environmental assessment, dubbed "Enviroscore," will simplify commercial lenders' decision-making process when it comes to evaluating the environmental risk of a proposed transaction. |
Chemistry World October 25, 2013 Emily James |
AstraZeneca to close environmental lab and cut 71 jobs The 71 employees at the Brixham Environmental Laboratory in Devon, UK. will lose their jobs in March 2014, as the laboratory's environmental operations are not a core part of the company's strategy to develop innovative new medicines. |
Chemistry World April 20, 2007 Killugudi Jayaraman |
Pesticide Filter Debuts in India A domestic water filter that uses metal nanoparticles to remove dissolved pesticide residues is about to enter the Indian market. Its developers believe it is the first product of its kind in the world to be commercialized. |
Chemistry World August 2007 Richard Jones |
Comment: Grand Challenges for Small Science The UK needs to develop a convincing strategy for nanotechnology research. |
Chemistry World November 23, 2011 Helen Carmichael |
Nanotechnology risks get minimal press coverage A US study has found scant media coverage of the potential risks posed by nanotechnology, with many more articles extolling its future benefits. |
Chemistry World February 14, 2014 Jason Woolford |
Sandy nanoparticles for safer-by-design sunscreens Nanoparticles coated with an inert layer of silica could be used in sunscreens and cosmetics to reduce the potential hazards of these increasingly indispensable materials, new research shows. |
IndustryWeek August 1, 2007 Jill Jusko |
New Tool Evaluates Risk Of Nanomaterials DuPont and Environmental Defense develop a process to aid in responsible development of nanotechnology. |
The Motley Fool November 21, 2006 Jack Uldrich |
A Good ETF: PowerShares Lux Nanotech This nanotech fund has many strengths, but also a few weaknesses. |
Reason December 2003 Ronald Bailey |
The Smaller the Better The limitless promise of nanotechnology -- and the growing peril of a moratorium. |
IndustryWeek September 16, 2009 Jill Jusko |
Nano Inventory Tops 1,000: By The Numbers At its current growth rate nano-enabled consumer products could approach 1,600 over the next two years. |
Information Today October 16, 2014 |
IGI Global Releases New Topic Collection IGI Global rolled out its Environmental Sustainability topic collection, which is composed of 10 titles published in 2013 and 2014. |
Information Today June 18, 2015 |
EPA Mapping Tool Identifies Environmental Problem Areas The mapping and screening tool helps state and local government officials, researchers, and advocates locate communities facing environmental risks based on nationwide, consistent data. |
U.S. Banker August 2008 Rebecca Sausner |
Risk Assessment: Call It a `Green' FICO Banks need to calculate the environmental risk of a proposed transaction; a new automated system, "Enviroscore," will simplify that process. |
Financial Advisor September 2009 Marla Brill |
Sustainability Indexes: Pros And Cons Environmental, social and governance criteria are the basis. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2015 Papa & Coyne |
Environmental Due Diligence Consider the advantages of proactive sell-side assessments. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2011 John J. Heft |
Environmental Deal Breakers Environmental liability concerns can serve as major deal breakers during commercial real estate sales and transfers. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2008 Blake Moore |
Green Attitude Research shows that clients want to put their green into companies that are developing products and services for a greener world, and they want financial advisors to guide them. |