Who regulates nanotechnology products?
There is no one agency or organization that regulates nanotechnology products. Rather, they are regulated according to the type of product. For instance, the Food and Drug Administration is responsible for drugs, food additives and cosmetics that contain engineered nanomaterials. The Consumer Protection Safety Commission covers consumer product safety. The US Department of Agriculture covers food safety—except where FDA has jurisdiction. And the Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for chemicals and pesticides. Each part of this patchwork of regulations and regulatory agencies has different levels of regulatory authority when it comes to nanotechnology products. 10. How much is still not known about the safety of nanotech products, and what needs to be done to fill in the gaps? From a scientific perspective, there is still a tremendous amount that we don’t know about how to develop and use nanotechnology products safely. Specific research questions that need answers have been
