Jo Anne Shatkin, as well as new team members Dr. Shaun Clancy, and Cassidy Pomeroy-Carter were part of the planning and coordination of the conference, organizing panel discussions on exposure to nanomaterials in food and food contact items, and stakeholder perspectives, respectively.
Read MoreA recent survey of randomly selected users of disposable contact lenses found that more than 20% of people flush their contact lenses down the toilet or washed them down the sink instead of placing them in the garbage.
Read MoreVireo Advisors coordinated an expert workshop during Nanotox 2018 entitled, “Advancing Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) Development for Nanomaterial Risk Assessment and Categorization”.
Read MoreScientists at Costa Rica’s National Laboratory of Nanotechnology (LANOTEC) are extracting nanocellulose from the peel and stubble of pineapple waste to be used in pharmaceutical, food and medical applications.
Read MoreUBQ uses Residual Municipal Solid Waste (RMSW) such as food waste, garden trimmings, paper, cardboard, diapers, dirty plastics, as well as packaging materials to create UBQTM Materials: bio-based composite thermoplastic materials that can replace plastic polymers in hundreds of applications.
Read MoreAn international consortium of researchers is working to create a “gelatinous solution to microplastic waste” by forming a filter made of jellyfish mucus which could filter microplastics from sea and ocean water.
Read MoreIn a study published by BioResources, Nadir Yildirim of The University of Maine created adhesive-free bio-based suspended ceiling tiles using nanocellulose.
Read MoreA recent journal article reported researchers in Korea developed an environmentally friendly flame retardant using cellulose nanocrystals (CNC).
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