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 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

     
refreshed by Klaus Herrmann 10/9/2006

 
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