Friends Of The Earth Less Chummy With Nanotech; Sunscreen Concerns Linger
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Friends of the Earth says it has half a dozen reasons to be concerned about manufactured nanomaterials in products such as sunscreens and no compelling reason to offer for the use of such ingredients
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