DETAILED REPORT FRAMES LEGAL DEFINITIONS FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY
September 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SPECIAL properties of nanomaterials are a step closer to becoming controlled through a comprehensive European Union (EU) regulation, having been defined by the EU's scientific committee on emerging and newly identified health risks. It has released an extensive report that specifies how nanomaterials can be identified, not just through their tiny scale, but by how they appear and behave within consumer products. This includes their tendency to form crystals; their attraction or loss of electrons; photocatalytic activity; surface electrical ...
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