Nanotechnology

Democracy in US nanotechnology strategy

The U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) integrates the work of 20 federal agencies. As required by law, it develops a Strategic Plan to guide both policy and the spending of its budget, proposed at $1.723 billion for 2021.

[WATCH] Nano-pesticides: Can they be self-regulating?

Download Dr. Steve Suppan's presentation delivered on November 6, 2020 at XVII Seminanosoma (virtual seminar) translated into English here.

IATP Comment to National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on Toxicological and Physicochemical Data of Engineered Nanomaterials

Download a PDF of the comment here. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) NIOSH Docket Office

Future of U.S. federal nanotechnology: ‘safe by design’ product commercialization

The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) held a stakeholders’ workshop on August 1-2 about its future, which must be reauthorized by Congress every four years. The NNI is an interagency and interdisciplinary hub for a dozen U.S.

Legalizing nanomaterials in EU food and feed products

An update to EFSA's 2011 Guidance synthesizes a broad array of scientific literature, but problematically suggests nanomaterials won't be subject to stringent enough mandatory rules.

IATP Comment to EFSA Scientific Committee

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) Europe appreciates this opportunity to comment on the Draft. IATP, a U.S. headquartered non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1986, opened the IATP Europe office in Berlin in 2017. IATP has participated in the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) since 2000 and, since 2016, has been the U.S.

European Commission: Following the Trump Administration's Retreat from Science-Based Regulation?

In the United States, a war on science has allowed product developers to determine the safety of their new products in nanotechnology and genetic engineering. Recently, the European Union has appeared to follow suit. Dr. Steve Suppan explores this issue and its possible ramifications.

Special Podcast: Global Fertilizer Day!

It's Global Fertilizer Day (who knew?)! And to celebrate, we are joined by Steve Suppan whose paper on the use of nanotechnology in the fertilizer industry was released yesterday. This is a special episode of Uprooted, and our normal podcast schedule will continue next week.

Nanotechnology enabled fertilizer: Salvation for industrial-scale agriculture?

As farmers begin the fall harvest, a downstream result of their use of fertilizer blooms in Lake Erie, 700 square miles of algae, some of it toxic.

Applying Nanotechnology to Fertilizer: Rationales, research, risks and regulatory challenges

Link to PDF of the full report with figures and endnotes.