The applications of nanotechnology and nanomaterials can be found in many cosmetic products including moisturisers, hair care products, make up and sunscreen. In cosmetics, nanoparticles are used for ...

These environmental groups said that federal regulators are not showing much interest in scrutinizing the risks posed by nanotechnology in sunscreens and the dozens of cosmetic products.

At the time, the technology to realize such minuscule manipulations must have seemed a very long way off, but today we’re surrounded by the benefits of nanotechnology — sunscreens contain ...