I just wanted to draw your & your readers' attention to this recent press release from ETC regarding nanotech & the environment:

Nanotech meets the Environment Making a Mole Hill out of a Mountain?

ETC Group today released a 6-page Communique on the use of nanotechnology-based products in the environment - products that are coming to market in the absence of both government oversight and public discussion. A recent large-scale application of a product touted to control soil erosion using nanotechnology highlights regulatory inadequacies and lack of clarity in the nanotech industry.

The full text of the Communique, "Mulch ado about nothing?...Or the Sand Witch?" is available on the Internet at www.etcgroup.org.

For further information, see the full Communique at www.etcgroup.org or contact: Pat Mooney, ETC Group (Canada) tel: 204 4535259

Jim Thomas, ETC Group (UK) jim@etcgroup.org tel: +44 1865 207818 or mobile +44 7752 106806

Kathy Jo Wetter, ETC Group (USA) kjo@etcgroup.org tel: 919 9605223