NETHERLANDS PRESSES FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY REFORM
June 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE DUTCH government has released a paper at the European Union Council of Ministers that presses the European Commission to make good on its plans this summer to propose specific legislation controlling nanotechnology. At a council debate, minutes said the Dutch delegation "argued that the current legislation is not geared to evaluating the specific hazards related to nano-engineered particles."
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THE DUTCH government has released a paper at the European Union Council of Ministers that presses the European Commission to make good on its plans this summer to propose specific legislation controlling nanotechnology. At a council debate, minutes said the Dutch delegation "argued that the current legislation is not geared to evaluating the specific hazards related to nano-engineered particles."
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