Mar. 10, 2006 — The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars today launched a nanotechnology consumer products inventory. The inventory is accessible at www.nanotechproject.org/consumerproducts. It contains information on 212 products that the center believes use some form of nanotechnology.
“With this inventory, we also are learning that this technology is already being incorporated into our daily lives,” said David Rejeski, director of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, in a prepared statement. A news release said the inventory furthers the Project on Emerging Nanotechnology’s mission to encourage discussion about nanotechnology’s benefits and its promise, as well as its safety and environmental impacts.
The project began compiling products and materials containing nanotechnology from around the globe for inclusion in the consumer inventory in 2005, according to a news release. The release said that inclusion in the list is mostly based on information posted online by manufacturers.
The effort found that most of the products were in the health and fitness category, ranging from face creams to hockey sticks to clothing, such as stain-resistant shirts, pants and neckties. It also found that that most of the products were in the U.S. However, the project noted that research for the list was based on English language Web sites.
The center will formally launch the products inventory today at 2 p.m. at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.