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A report prepared for Friends of the Earth Australia, Friends of the Earth Europe and Friends of the Earth United States and supported by Friends of the Earth Germany. March 2008 Written by Georgia Miller and Dr. Rye Senjen, Friends of the Earth Australia Nanotechnology Project. With contributions from Patricia Cameron, John Hepburn, Helen Holder, Guillermo Foladori, George Kimbrell, Aleksandra Kordecka, Kristen Lyons, Ian Iluminato, Arius Tolstoshev, Gyorgy Scrinis, Katja Vaupel, Jurek Vengels and many others. Design and layout by Natalie Lowrey bundicreative@gmail.com For an electronic copy of this report, or further briefing papers from Friends of the Earth please refer to our websites: Friends of the Earth Australia http://nano.foe.org.au Friends of the Earth Europe http://www.foeeurope.org/activities/ nanotechnology/index.htm Friends of the Earth Germany: http://www.bund.net/ Friends of the Earth United States http://www.foe.org/camps/comm/nanotech/ This is a report by FoE Australia, FoE Europe and FoE United States. Any mention of “FoE” in this report refers to the above groups and not to FoE International
OUT OF THE LABORATORY AND ONTO OUR PLATES Nanotechnology in Food & Agriculture Australia, Europe and U.S.A
Page 1: OUT OF THE LABORATORY AND ONTO OUR
Page 6 and 7: 2 Executive Summary In the absence
Page 8 and 9: 4 A short introduction to nanotechn
Page 10 and 11: 6 each new nanomaterial must be sub
Page 12 and 13: 8 than 100nm. However given the evi
Page 14 and 15: 10 contain manufactured nanomateria
Page 16 and 17: 12 Nanotechnology and food processi
Page 18 and 19: 14 ingredients delivers greater bio
Page 20 and 21: 16 Table 3: Examples of chemical re
Page 22 and 23: 18 Table 6: Development of nano-com
Page 24 and 25: 20 Table 7: Nano agrochemicals unde
Page 26 and 27: 22 Nanofoods and nano agrochemicals
Page 28 and 29: 24 microparticles can be taken up t
Page 30 and 31: 26 has warned that safety regulator
Page 32 and 33: 28 amounts of a toxin, but also be
Page 34 and 35: 30 in packaging films designed to e
Page 36 and 37: 32 Time to choose sustainable food
Page 38 and 39: 34 requirements, but increase capit
Page 40 and 41: 36 University has confirmed that, c
Page 42 and 43: 38 (Section 8.3.2: paragraphs 18 &
Page 44 and 45: 40 nano form in food ingredients, a
Page 46 and 47: 42 product is considered safe. This
Page 48 and 49: 44 The right to say no to nanofoods
Page 50 and 51: 46 Recommendations for sustainable
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48 for the food sector. Demand that
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Appendix A 50 Appendix A: List of a
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Table 3: Nanomaterials in kitchen e
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Table 4: Nanomaterials in foods and
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56 Table 6: Nanomaterials in food/
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58 REFERENCES Acello R. 2007. EPA r
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60 Thamnocephalus platyurus. Chemos
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62 Australia March 2007. Available
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