Nanotech Exposed in Grocery Store Aisles: Report finds Miller Light, Cadbury and other brands have toxic risks - Friends of the Earth, USA

Untested nanotechnology is being used in more than 100 food products, food packaging and contact materials currently on the shelf, without warning or new FDA testing, according to a report released today by Friends of the Earth. The report found nanomaterials in popular products and packaging including Miller Light beer, Cadbury Chocolate packaging and ToddlerHealth, a nutritional drink powder for infants sold extensively at health food stores including WholeFoods.

Expert explains challenges facing nanotechnology - Gulf Times, Qatar
FILLING the major gaps that exist in the understanding of the health, safety, environmental and societal impacts of nanotechnology is critically important to its long term success.

Chemical brain controls nanobots - BBC, UK

A tiny chemical "brain" which could one day act as a remote control for swarms of nano-machines has been invented. The molecular device - just two billionths of a metre across - was able to control eight of the microscopic machines simultaneously in a test.

Sweating the small stuff - The age, Australia
Nanotechnology in food is often spruiked for its potential benefits, but could it be toxic?
Who knows how nano-sized iron particles react in humans? Could they slip past the barriers to the brain that keep larger particles out? Or could they be a godsend to iron-deficient women? What's more, food manufacturers don't have to tell consumers or regulators whether their products contain nanoparticles. Nobody can say for sure which, if any, foods contain engineered nanomaterials. Yet early tests have raised concerns.

Pledge on regulation of nano products - The Australian, Australia
There are no national or international standards or testing procedures for food, packaging and agricultural products containing nano-materials - particles manufactured at the scale of atoms and molecules.
"The Government is actively developing an appropriate regulatory framework for nanotechnology," Senator Carr said. The concern is that materials may behave in novel ways at the nano scale, posing unknown risks to human and environmental health.