The Vireo Advisors blog brings you the latest news and developments in safe, sustainable and bio-based materials and products including novel foods and sustainable nanomaterials.
New Activities Added to the “Global Plan of Action of the Strategic Approach” Relating to Nanotechnologies and Manufactured Nanomaterials
The Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) has announced new work activities to promote the environmentally sound management of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials (NM).
Examining iENMs and their Impacts on the GI Tract and Health
As part of a collaboration to advance knowledge and methods for orally ingested engineered nanomaterials (iENMs), David Julian McClements, along with Harvard School of Public Health professors Glen DeLoid, Georgios Pyrgiotakis, Hang Xiao, and Philip Demokritou, and Vireo Advisor's Jo Anne Shatkin, have published, “The role of the food matrix and gastrointestinal tract in the assessment of biological properties of ingested engineered nanomaterials (iENMs): State of the science and knowledge gaps” in NanoImpact.
The U.K.’s Coffee Addiction Leaves Them Caffeinated, Leaves Next Generation with a Waste Legacy
Scientists warn that disposable coffee cups from their favorite coffee shops could take as long as 30 years to break down…increasing the burden for waste disposal.
USFS Forest Product Laboratory's Alan Rudie Discusses Nanocellulose on the Radio
Alan Rudie and Dan Blessing talk about the exciting prospects of nanocellulose in Wisconsin:
Latest Nanocellulose Applications
Keeping you up to date with the most exciting nanocellulose applications!