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EU looks at the safety of nanomaterials in cosmetic products - NanoWerk, USA
The controversy over the use of nanoparticles in everyday products, such as cosmetics, has been going on for a while now. The cosmetics industry of course argues that their nanoparticle-containing products are perfectly safe because no problem has been reported so far. Consumer, health and environmental groups beg to differ and claim that there is a potential risk because we just don't know enough about this issue and that we rather should err on the side of caution.
The EU's Scientific Committee on Consumer Products (SCCP) looked at the safety evaluation of nanomaterials for use in cosmetic products. It reported its findings in March 2008 in a report titled "The Safety of Nanomaterials in Cosmetic Products"