BRUSSELS PLANS RENEWED ACTION TO BOOST NANOTECHNOLOGY
December 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A REVISED European Commission nanotechnology action plan is insisting commercial research into using nanoparticles in coatings and other consumer products should be staged alongside studies into the potential environmental health impacts of resulting innovations. That way, suitable controls can be introduced while new nanotechnology applications are being developed. In a detailed paper, Brussels said while "deepening the research...for key nanotechnology sectors" was required, this should be "considered inseparable from advancing ...
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