NGOs Call For Moratorium On Nanotech-Enabled Cosmetics
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA’s guidance to the personal-care industry regarding nanomaterial use is a step in the right direction, but ultimately fails to protect consumers from potentially hazardous nanotech applications in the pipeline and on the market already, Food & Water Watch says, proposing a moratorium on nanotech-containing cosmetics.
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