| Posted: May 13, 2008 |
Small is beautiful: A European view of nanotech cosmetics and safety |
| (Nanowerk News) BusinessWeek magazine claims the $60 billion international beauty products industry is “making a big bet on nanotech.” Today, nearly a hundred cosmetics are in the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies online inventory of products identified by manufacturers as containing nanomaterials. |
| Critical to the success of nanotechnology cosmetics is consumer confidence in their safety. In Europe, regulators and companies are attempting to apply “The Precautionary Principle” across all sectors. |
| How does a company like Paris-based cosmetics leader L’Oreal – which ranks No. 6 among nanotechnology patent holders in the U.S. – apply “The Precautionary Principle” to nanotechnology cosmetic products? What specific safety tests and post-market surveillance measures are used? How do U.S. and European regulations differ when applied to nanotechnology products? How does L’Oreal communicate with customers about this cutting-edge technology? |
| Scientists from L’Oreal will discuss these questions and more at a program on Thursday, June 5, 2008, in the auditorium of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. |
| *** Webcast LIVE at www.wilsoncenter.org*** |
| What: Small is Beautiful: A European View of Nanotechnology Cosmetics and Safety, from L’Oreal |
| Who: Dr. Francis Quinn, L’Oreal; Dr. Andrew Maynard, Chief Science Advisor, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies |
| When: Thursday, June 5, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (A light lunch will be available from 12:15-12:45 p.m. in the 6th floor boardroom) |
| Where: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 6th Floor Auditorium. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004. |
| Source: Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies |
