Tell FDA to regulate unlabeled and untested engineered nanomaterials in food!

[Guest guest]

The Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a its first-ever Public

Meeting on October 10, 2006 to discuss the issue of nanotechnology, a

powerful new technology for taking apart and reconstructing nature at

the atomic and molecular level. While this is FDA's first meeting on

nanotechnology, the agency is behind the curve: Many products are

already on market shelves that contain unlabeled nanomaterials,

including food and food packaging products. Thus far,

nanotechnology-laced products are treated by FDA like any other

products or product ingredients; yet scientists agree that

nanoparticles are fundamentally different substances that create new

and unique risks to human health and the environment and need new

forms of safety testing.

 

This public meeting is your first chance to tell FDA what its

priorities should be with regard to nanotechnology and nanomaterials

in products, including food and food packaging products.

 

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