Nanotech claims ‘dropped’ for fear of consumer recoil

Report from the TACD/BEUC Conference 'Regulating Nanotechnology in Food and Consumer Products: Developing A Consumer-focused Transatlantic Approach', Brussels, 10 June 2009.

The conference brought together experts from industry, academia, governments and consumer groups for a day of discussion concerning the regulatory approaches adopted by the EU and US and the necessary steps for ensuring that products containing nanotechnologies are safe and beneficial to consumers. The conference also aimed to help consumer organisations who are starting to work on these issues to further develop their understanding.

• Primary Source

EurActiv, 16.6.09: Lobbyists 'fuelling confusion' on nanotech, EU warns http://www.euractiv.com/en/science/lobbyists-fuelling-confusion-nanotech-eu-warns/article-183198

TACD: Nanotechnologies conference, June 2009 http://tacd.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=86&Itemid=40

Website: Nanotechnology Industries Association http://www.nanotechia.org/

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