EUROPEAN NANOTECHNOLOGY BODY TO EXAMINE HEALTH EFFECTS OF NANOPARTICLES
June 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Observatory on Nanotechnologies is to be created, charged with predicting and detecting the potential environmental health problems caused by the increasing use of nanoparticles in consumer products, including dyed clothing. Coordinated by the Institute of Nanotechnology in Glasgow, Scotland, the new European body will receive Euro 4 million from the European Union's (EU) Seventh Framework Programme research budget, and will involve 17 EU organisations with relevant expertise. As well as safety, it will assess the potential social ...
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