The UK government has launched a review of its nanotechnology policy, part of a move to assess the implications of current developments in the emerging science of tiny dimensions.
Yesterday the UK Council for Science and Technology (CST) said it had been asked by government to review progress of its commitments on nanotechnology policy, and called for input from the public and industry, among others.
Nanotechnology has been touted as the next revolution in many industries, including food manufacturing. It is a sector for which the topic has become a hot consumer issue due to fears over the unknown consequences of digesting nano-scale particles designed to behave in specific way in the body.