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The NanoEthicsBank collects examples of laws governing the use of nanomaterials, as well as publications outlining how developments in the regulation of engineered nanomaterials is influencing their use in manufacturing and in consumer products. Below is a list of government agency websites and seminal reports discussing the regulation of nanotechnologies both in the U.S. and internationally.
United States
EPA – Control of Nanomaterials Under the Toxic Substances Control Act
This page summarizes the latest developments of how the Toxic Substances Control Act is being applied to engineered nanomaterials.
Food and Drug Administration- Nanotechnology
This web page summarizes some of the FDA’s main activities in the field of nanotechnology, including the Nanotechnology Task Force report from July 2007. Recent news from all major U.S. government agencies can also be found in the Federal Register (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/) by doing a keyword search.
Europe
European Commission - Nanomaterials and REACH
This website from the European Commission's Directorate General for for Enterprise and Industry gives an overview of how REACH regulations apply to nanomaterials, and provides links to key publications on this topic.
REACH and the Regulation of Nanotechnology by Bryan Ward and Sarah S. Harley.
This article published in the December 2009 SafeNano Newsletter, discusses how the European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation relates to manufactured nanoscale materials, and includes a list of further resources.
Worldwide
Nanotech Regulatory Document Archive
The Nanotech Regulatory Document Archive is a free, searchable database of governmental documents from around the world relating to nanotechnology regulation.
Mapping Study on Regulation and Governance of Nanotechnologies
In January 2009, the FramingNano project, funded under the EU’s FP 7 science and technology program, published this report which summarizes how countries around the world are working to understand and regulate the health, safety, and environmental effects and ethical and societal effects of nanotechnology. The report includes a series of appendixes that give a detailed summary of research initiatives, legislation, national strategies, and guidance documents developed by European nations, as well as the U.S., China, Japan, and Australia.
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Janice Dickinson in false teeth disaster
Janice Dickinson was left horrified after losing two false teeth which were so expensive they could “feed a small village”.
The self-proclaimed world’s first supermodel was dining with a pal at New York eatery Sant Ambroeus when the incident occurred. She was looking forward to tucking into her food, but discreetly removed two temporary teeth to ensure she could fully enjoy her meal. Unfortunately Janice then misplaced them,bjd Bag, causing uproar.
“It was the most incredulous moment that you'd never want to happen,” she told New York Post.
“I was so excited talking to [my friend] that I put my teeth in my napkin, and then I couldn't find them! Did they fall into the soup? These things are so expensive they could feed a small village.”
Janice, 56, immediately fell to the floor and began looking for the teeth. As time went on she became more and more stressed about their loss, ultimately requesting every diner in the establishment helped her search for them.
“I was under the table and it was sticky,” she wailed. “Age sucks. And thank God my boyfriend [David Blakely, 32] wasn't there. OMG, no one wants a snaggletooth!”
Janice was thrilled when she eventually recovered the teeth, which sit at the front and back of her mouth. Not one to be deterred by such an incident she simply washed them off in the bathroom, firmly set them in place and returned to her food.