Involved in anti-nuclear, forests and environment protection campaigns, and in favour of renewable energies, Friends of the Earth also focused, since some years, on the development of new technologies. Since 2005, this organization has launched a debate on nanoparticles, as an answer to the fast forward movement of this still lowly regulated industry.

So that the use of sun products is a security of protection to the skin and the health, it has just published its guide 2009-2010 of the sun creams where are listed the brands of Australian cosmetics exempt of nanoparticles and by clocking also those there who use it in their formulation.

For the first time, cosmetics that are not considered as sunscreens, but, which contain an anti-UV protection (moisturizing creams, anti-ageing cares, minerals-based foundations, lipsticks) are screened.

Thus, in two tables, the four categories described underneath are mentioned:
• Without nanoparticles and chemicals (here, Thalgo is emphasised)
• Without nanoparticles (Nutrimetics…)
• Potential presence of nanoparticles (main listed brands: Avène, Chanel, Clarins, Clinique, Dove, Elizabeth Arden, Ella Baché, Estée Lauder, Givenchy, Guerlain, Inooxa, L'Occitane, Lancôme, La Prairie, MAC, Neutrogena, Nivea, Origins, Revlon, Sisley, Shiseido, Skinceuticals…)
• With nanoparticles (Ambre Solaire, Dior, Garnier, Helena Rubinstein, L'Oréal Paris, …