Press Releases

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 of numerous consumer products now using nanosized versions of silver. The legal action is the first challenge to EPA's failure to regulate nanomaterials.

• Read the full press release (pdf).
• Read the executive summary (pdf).
• Read the petition (pdf).
• See the nano-silver product list (pdf).