Nanotechnology

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.

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.

Supporting science to advance the responsible development of nanotechnology

In theory at least, federal nanotechnology programs during the first three years of the Trump administration will be guided by the “National Nanotechnology Initiative Strategic Plan,” (NNI) released on October 31, 2016.

“Nano Inc.? There’s been an accident on Highway 15”

This imaginary message from a truck driver hauling 15 tons of a nano-copper (Cu) and nano-silicon (Si) powder could one day be the start of a very real accident. To think through the scientific and practical aspects of accident response preparation and intervention, U.S.

Nanomaterials in baby formula: why?

A new report from Friends of the Earth (FoE), “Nanoparticles in baby formula: Tiny ingredients are a big concern,” will prompt a lot more commentary than can be summarized in this blog. Two questions likely to be raised in all commentaries:

U.S. tries to export its biotech deregulatory regime

A long standing claim by the U.S. government and agribusiness lobby is that U.S. regulations on genetically engineered (GE) crops are science-based while European regulations are not.

No Small Task: Generating Robust Nano Data

A slogan that summarizes NGO and European Union Parliament requirements for regulating products of nanotechnology is “No data, no market.” But what kind of data and for what kind of market?