EU PRESIDENCY CALLS FOR SPECIAL REACH NANOTECHNOLOGY REGISTER
September 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CALL for creating specific nanomaterials register under the EU's REACH chemical control system has come from the European Union's (EU) current Belgian presidency. "Nanomaterials are increasingly present in consumer products and everyday items," noted Belgium environment minister Paul Magnette at a Brussels seminar on the EU's nascent nanotechnology regulations. He continued: "It is essential to reassure consumers that all products containing nanomaterial (or made using nanotechnology), that are on the market, have been tested by ...
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