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Friends of the Earth releases guide to help consumers avoid potentially harmful nanoparticles in sunscreens - Friends of the Earth, USA

Friends of the Earth has released Nanoparticles and Sunscreens: A Consumer Guide for Avoiding Nano Sunscreens, which includes information about the health and environmental risks that nanoparticles may pose. The guide also contains the results of a survey of sunscreen manufacturers that can help consumers choose which products to use.

Nanoparticles in Your Sunscreen: Too Hot To Handle? - New York Times Bits Blog, USA Friends of the Earth’s report included a list of products that do, don’t or may contain nanoscale ingredients.
But it wasn’t so long ago that the Environmental Working Group reached a contrary conclusion about which sunscreens to reach for.
So who wins this argument? Perhaps the folks who make beach umbrellas.

Consumers Guide to MEMS and Nanotechnology - AzoNano, Australia

A Bourne Research LLC today announced publication of the book titled, ‘A Consumer’s Guide to MEMS and Nanotechnology.’ The book examines how MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) and nanotechnology are playing an integral role in many of today’s products.

The book also reveals that current applications of MEMS and nanotechnology:

- Self-cleaning windows
- Interactive sensing for gaming systems and movie production
- Flat-irons with nanocoatings to reduce hair damage
- Permanent (yet removable) tattoo ink
- Swimwear with special fibers that prevent sand from sticking
- Protective gear for football, hockey, snowboarding, motocross...
- Lab-on-a-chip devices that can detect a heart attack in just minutes
- Sensors implanted into the body to wirelessly monitor pressure
- Plastic bottles that prevent beer from going flat

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