Citizen petition for nanotech regulation filed
Last week, the International Center for Technology Assessment and a coalition of environmental and public health groups, including the the Center for Food Safety, Greenpeace, and Consumers Union, filed a citizen petition asking that the EPA regulate nanosilver as a pesticide under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act .Nanosilver has been added to a host of consumer products -- everything from sheets to bus handrails to children's toys -- for its antimicrobial properties.
In 2006, the EPA said it would regulate consumer products with nanosilver after environmentalists raised concerns about silver-embedded washing machines. Specifically, they were concerned that the amount of silver washed into waste drains from these machines was killing beneficial bacteria and altering aquatic life, as the silver particles may be toxic to some fish.
Despite the EPA's word of forthcoming regulation, the agency has only published a guidance covering the Samsung SilverCare washer. No other regulations or guidance have been issued.
Despite the EPA's word of forthcoming regulation, the agency has only published a guidance covering the Samsung SilverCare washer. No other regulations or guidance have been issued.
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