Vireo Advisors will be hosting a half-day workshop on June 11th, 2018 at this year’s TAPPI Nanotechnology Division Conference in Madison, Wisconsin (June 11-14, 2018) on Practical Safety Strategies for Bio/Nano Technology Commercialization.

Since sprayable sunscreens containing titanium dioxide in nanoform is available for purchase by consumers, the SCCS advised that “[s]uch uses need to be carefully evaluated so that the chance of harmful effects through consumer’s lung exposure by inhalation is avoided”.

fter arranging for a local salami manufacturer to create two batches of salami, one using a starter culture and allowing one to set out to be worked on by naturally occurring microbes, researchers of the University of Turin found that salami made with the wild microbes were rated higher than those made with the starter culture.

As You Sow, a shareholder advocacy group, is calling for McDonalds’ to conduct assessments to examine the environmental impact the use of polystyrene in their cups and trays may have.

During a UN's environment ministers meeting in Nairobi, Kenya last month, Norway proposed a zero tolerance of plastic pollution and suggested an international treaty banning plastic waste from entering the sea.