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Report Title:	Know Your Nano
Report ID:	187
Date:	1/1/2006
Author:	TA-SWISS Center for Technology Assessment
Report Type:	Brochure
URL:	[TA_Swiss_nano_nano_e.pdf]
Country:	Switzerland
Organization:	TA-SWISS Center for Technology Assessment
Summary:	Public opinion of nanotechnology is critical to its development. TA-SWISS, the Center for Center for Technology Assessment at the Swiss Science and Technology Council, is assessing the publics opinions on nanotechnology at evening meetings throughout Switzerland. This brochure contains background information for laymen at those meetings. It describes nanotechnologys attributes, potential uses and risks, and key Swiss parties in the safety debate. After the public meetings, TA-SWISS will report on the state of public opinion to the Swiss Parliament.
Archived Copy:	Michael Vincent TA-SWISS (2002), Know your nano_187_1515.pdf

Report Title:	Nanotechnology in the kitchen and in the shopping basket, abstract of the TA-SWISS study “Nanotechnology in the food sector”
Report ID:	120
Date:	1/1/2009
Report Type:	Study Abstract
URL:	[KF_Nano_im_Lebensmittelbereich.pdf]
Country:	Switzerland
Organization:	TA-SWISS Center for Technology Assessment
Summary:	Nanotechnology holds much promise for the food industry through its ability to alter properties such as color, consistency, and caking. In Europe, synthetic nanoparticles are currently prohibited in food. Swiss law creates a whitelist of permitted food additives, each of which must be proven to be essential for production and safe for consumption. While the existing regulations adequately address additives, nanoparticles are now being incorporated in food packaging. This has raised questions regarding the ability of packaging nanoparticles to transfer to stored food, and whether such ingested nanoparticles pose a risk to humans. This document provides a trilingual, seven-page summary of the Swiss “Nanotechnology in the food sector” study. The study examines the current state of research, the laws, and public perception regarding nanoparticles in the food supply.

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