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Posted on Nov 13, 2013

29 Everyday Products You Didn't Know Contain Nanomaterials

Nano-science is everywhere, from khakis, to glue, to toothpaste, to soy milk.

TheWilsonCenter

by TheWilsonCenter

Community Brand Publisher

First, what is nanoscience?

Nanotechnology is the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules to engineer microscopic devices.

Nanomaterials, similarly, are chemicals and substances manufactured on the same microscopic nano- scale.

And you use it every day, in all sorts of ways you don't even realize

Here are some examples:

1. Elmer's Glue

2. Daisy Low-Fat Cottage Cheese

3. Burt's Bees chemical-free sunscreen SPF 15

4. Albertsons Coffee Creamer

5. Dockers Go Khaki

6. Dannon Greek Plain Yogurt

7. Eclipse Spearmint Gum

8. Dove "Powder" Deodorant

9. Aquafresh toothpaste

10. Betty Crocker Whipped Cream Frosting

11. Hyundai Wacor Foot Massager

12. Wishbone Ranch Dressing

13. Colgate toothpaste

14. Dentyne Ice gum

15. Hawaiian Tropic Sheer Touch sunscreen

16. Miracle Whip

17. Peeps

18. Fiber One cereal

19. Head & Shoulders 2-in-1 shampoo

20. Hershey's Chocolate Syrup

21. Old Spice High Endurance deodorant

22. Breathsavers Mints

23. Intel Core Duo Processor

24. Kraft American singles

25. Kool-Aid Lemonade

26. Silk Vanilla Soydrink

27. Aveeno Continous Protection Sunblock

28. Betty Crocker Mashed Potatoes

29. Oreos

Search the Nanomaterial Consumer Products Inventory

nanotechproject.org

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