
Cosmetics manufacturers are keen to present cutting-edge products in scientific terms, often making consumers blind.
But buzzwords like "nano capsules"-currently one of their favorite words-could be their failures.
The horror story about nanotechnology turning the world into "gray goo" led to the Green party MEP Caroline Lucas in southeast England, calling for new regulations-one of her goals is the cosmetics industry.
Her website claims that "thousands of women play uninformed" guinea pigs "in the cosmetics industry ". . . . . . Many products contain ingredients made by "nanotechnology.