COSMETICS SECTOR PRESSES AHEAD WITH NANOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION, DESPITE CONSUMER FEARS
February 1st, 2008
BY MARK ROWE
WHILE many of the claimed benefits of nanotechnology remain uncertain, the cosmetics industry is at the vanguard of developments. There seem to be real advances that nanotechnology can offer for particular products, such as suncscreen and anti-ageing creams. On the other hand for much of the public "nano" remains a suspicious word that are linked to deep-rooted fears linked to the genetically modified food controversies.
Nanoparticles are already being used in the manufacture of transparent sunscreens. Those of titanium oxide in ...
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