'No Data, No Market' for Nanotechnologies, MEPs Say

Summary posted by Meridian on 4/2/2009
Source: EurActiv.com
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The European Parliament's Environment Committee this week adopted a report that calls for nanotechnology products already on the market to be withdrawn until safety assessments can be made. The report also calls for tighter controls on nanotechnology and includes the REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical substances) Directive's principle of "no data, no market." The committee adopted the report with a vote of 21 votes to 14. The vote was seen as another victory by environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), especially since last week the Members of Parliament (MEPs) adopted a report calling for definition, labeling, and specific risk assessments for nano-containing foods. Dragomira Raeva, of the European Environmental Bureauexternal, a network of environmental NGOs, said "[W]e are immensely pleased that Parliament disagreed with the European Commission's opinion that nanomaterials are in principle covered by existing legislation and better implementation alone could effectively oversee this important and complex emerging technology. With nanotechnology use expected to mushroom in the coming years, the right framework needs to be put in place now to ensure that the use and release of these micromaterials into the environment does not adversely affect human health or ecosystems." The article can be viewed online at the link below.

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our team contact us site map	'No Data, No Market' for Nanotechnologies, MEPs Say Summary posted by Meridian on 4/2/2009 Source: EurActiv.com Author: n/a The European Parliament's Environment Committee this week adopted a report that calls for nanotechnology products already on the market to be withdrawn until safety assessments can be made. The report also calls for tighter controls on nanotechnology and includes the REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical substances) Directive's principle of "no data, no market." The committee adopted the report with a vote of 21 votes to 14. The vote was seen as another victory by environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), especially since last week the Members of Parliament (MEPs) adopted a report calling for definition, labeling, and specific risk assessments for nano-containing foods. Dragomira Raeva, of the European Environmental Bureauexternal, a network of environmental NGOs, said "[W]e are immensely pleased that Parliament disagreed with the European Commission's opinion that nanomaterials are in principle covered by existing legislation and better implementation alone could effectively oversee this important and complex emerging technology. With nanotechnology use expected to mushroom in the coming years, the right framework needs to be put in place now to ensure that the use and release of these micromaterials into the environment does not adversely affect human health or ecosystems." The article can be viewed online at the link below. The original article may still be available at www.euractiv.com/en/science/data-market-nanotechnologies-meps/article-1... As tagged by Meridian Institute: Implications: Human Health Risks, Worker Safety, Governance, Environmental Risks Materials And Manufacturing: Manufacturing Nanomaterials: Carbon Nanoparticle, Metal Nanoparticle, Naturally Occurring Regions: Europe Stakeholders: Government, Industry, NGO, Academia, International Institutions Related Forums: Materials and Manufacturing Human Health Risks and Worker Safety Environmental Risks Governance print format	NDN Home Subscribe Manage Subscription Search News Archives Nanotechnology Quintuples Heating Capacity of Solar Water Heaters -- Renewable Energy Magazine (9/1/2010) Researchers at the University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, have developed a solar heating system that uses nanotechnology to heat water to five times the temperature of a conventional system, while also permitting the collector surface area to retain up to 98 percent of heat from solar radiation. [More] Pakistan's Science Minister Attacks Funding Cuts -- SciDev.Net (9/1/2010) The Pakistan government has cuts its funds for the Pakistan Ministry of Science and Technology's 2010-2011 budget by almost half, causing the science minister, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, to criticize his own government. [More] Nanotechnology: Small wonders -- Nature (9/1/2010) This article takes an in-depth look at the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)'s first 10 years - to find out where the money went and what the initiative plans to do next. [More] Nanotech on Farmers' Fields -- Silicon Nutrition (8/31/2010) A plant nutrition study that addresses nano-sized plant nutrients is now available from the Landbouwkundige Uitgeverij G.C. van den Berg (Veenendaal, The Netherlands). [More] More News... Learn how to include these headlines on your own website by clicking here. Please email us if you require text-only versions of the daily emails.