Consumer Safety Groups File First Lawsuit on Risks of Nanotechnology

December 21, 2011 San Francisco, CA – Concerned by the growing body of scientific reports cautioning against the unregulated use of nanotechnology in consumer products, a coalition of nonprofit consumer safety and environmental groups sued the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today. The case is the first lawsuit over the health and environmental risks of […]

ICTA Comments to the U.S. National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Materials Committee

October 12, 2010 ICTA and the Center for Food Safety submitted comments to the NOSB on the fourth Draft Guidance that considers the exclusion of nanotechnology and nanomaterials from organic.

ICTA Comments to the U.S. National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Materials Committee

April 12, 2010 ICTA and the Center for Food Safety submitted comments to the NOSB, requesting that it classify engineered nanotech materials as “synthetic” and prohibit engineered nanotechnologies and materials as an “excluded method” in organic.

ICTA comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration on priorities for the Transatlantic Innovation Dialogue

February 5, 2010 ICTA submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce, requesting for nanotechnology to be included as a priority for any Transatlantic Innovation Dialogue.   ICTA calls for representatives of the various U.S. and EU regulatory bodies to convene and establish common regulatory and goals for the oversight and assessment of nanomaterials.

ICTA Comments to the U.S. National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Materials Committee

October 19, 2009 ICTA and the Center for Food Safety submitted comments to the NOSB, requesting that it classify engineered nanotech materials as “synthetic”, prohibit engineered nanotechnologies and materials as an “excluded method” in organic, and address nanotechnologies and materials in organic packaging.

ICTA Comments to the U.S. National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Materials Committee

April 20, 2009 ICTA and the Center for Food Safety submitted comments on NOSB’s first discussion draft requesting that it classify engineered nanotech materials as “synthetic”, prohibit engineered nanotechnologies and materials as an “excluded method” in organic, and address nanotechnologies and materials in organic packaging.

Groups Demand EPA Stop Sale of 200+ Potentially Dangerous Nano-Silver Products

May 1, 2008 Nanotech Watchdog Launches First-Ever Legal Challenge To EPA Over Unregulated Nanotech Pesticide Pollution The International Center for Technology Assessment (CTA) and a coalition of consumer, health, and environmental groups today filed a legal petition with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), demanding the agency use its pesticide regulation authority to stop the sale […]

Joint Comments on NIOSH’s Interim Guidance on Medical Screening of Workers Potentially Exposed to Engineered Nanoparticles Document

February 20, 2008 Joint comments of United Steelworkers of America, CTA, and other organizations in Response to the NIOSH Public Review of the NIOSH Document Entitled Current Intelligence Bulletin (CIB): Interim Guidance on Medical Screening of Workers Potentially Exposed to Engineered Nanoparticles, February 12, 2008 ᅠ

CTA and ETC Group oppose dumping of iron nanoparticles in ocean

December 11, 2007 In a June 19, 2007 Letter of Concern, ICTA and ETC Group demand EPA fully investigate the legality of Planktos, Inc.’s past and future “iron seeding” activities under the U.S. Ocean Dumping Act. The San Francisco-based company intends to transport and dump 100 tons of iron nanoparticles off the coast of the […]

Comments on EPA’s TSCA Nanomaterials Voluntary Program and Concept Paper

September 10, 2007 Joint CTA-FoE Comments on EPA’s “Concept Paper for Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program (NMSP) under TSCA” and “TSCA Inventory Status of Nanoscale Substances – General Approach.”