AMERICANS FALLING BEHIND ON NANOSAFETY RESEARCH CLAIM EXPERTS
April 1st, 2008 BY KEITH NUTHALL
A STUDY from the US Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) has claimed that European Union member states invest nearly twice as much as the USA in research into the potential environment health risks of nanotechnologies. It claims only US$13 million of US$1.4 billion allocated to the US National Nanotechnology Initiative in 2006 was spent on safety research.
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A STUDY from the US Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) has claimed that European Union member states invest nearly twice as much as the USA in research into the potential environment health risks of nanotechnologies. It claims only US$13 million of US$1.4 billion allocated to the US National Nanotechnology Initiative in 2006 was spent on safety research.
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