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Nanotechnology.(Letter to the editor)

Consumer Reports

| September 01, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

I work in the health-care field and have been hearing about nanotechnology for the past 10 years. Your July report ("Nanotechnology: Untold Promise, Unknown Risk") is the first significant story in a major publication that I have seen to cover the potentially catastrophic effects some of these substances can creAate in the absence of comprehensive and rigorous safety testing prior to use in conAsumer products. I read with horror that the sunscreen that I had just purchased and used on my two young children conAtained nano titanium dioxide. The fact that this product is ...

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