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| Nanotechnology |
| 29.Mai 2006
Sunprotection drugs There is a petition to the FDA filed by the Center for Technology Assessment and a coalition of consumer, health and environmental groups concerning the use of zink-oxid and titanium-dioxid of nanoparticle-size in suncreen protection drugs. Info Text of the petition In November 2005 a meeeting was held in Bonn: "Dialog zur Bewertung synthetischer Nanopartikel im BMU" The report is available (in german) www.dialog-nanopartikel.de/downloads.html (Info_Brief_17_03_2006) A summary is given in the article by: F Claus, U Lahl (2006) Synthetische Nanopartikel - Entwicklungschancen im Dialog, Z Unweltchem Ökotox (Online first) 3 Keywords: ecotoxicology; nanoparticles; nanotechnology; particulate matter; PM1; PM10; PM2.5; PMO.1; risk communication; toxicology http://www.scientificjournals.com/sj/uwsf/abstract/ArtikelId/8651 There was a call for research on the risks of nanotechnoly by the European Community / Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General. The conference was held in Bruxelles in March 2004 (report 2004pdf) Conferences wer held in Sep 2004 and Dec 2005. The reports can be found: http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_risk/events_risk_en.htm In addition, the following articles are available here: A review on the risks of nanoparticles (hoet_brueske_pdf) A paper on deseases of the pulmonary tract in mice (nemmar_pdf) A comment referring to an article "Health impact of nanomaterials" (hoet_nemmar_pdf) A paper on the military use of nanotechnology (by Juergen Altmann, copy is available by K. Herrmann) Two papers by Juergen Altmann on military use: http://cgi-host.uni-marburg.de/~nano-mr/downloads/s3/altmann_paper_final.pdf (or www.nano-marburg.net, Papers, Session 3, Altmann); http://cms.ifs.tu-darmstadt.de/fileadmin/phil/nano/altmann-gubrud.pdf (in: Discovering the Nanoscale Edited by Davis Baird, Alfred Nordmann & Joachim Schummer Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2004 [ISBN: 1-58603-467-7]). For questions and comments please contact: Klaus Herrmann, Room 407, Zoological Institute Tel: 0221 470 - 2455 / - 3151 k.herrmann@uni-koeln.de Please contact me if there is any interest to discuss nanotechnology. We are planning to publish information to be used by teachers in school. Zoologisches Institut / Universität zu Köln / Weyertal 119 / D - 50923 Köln |
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