TRANSATLANTIC NANOTECHNOLOGY REGULATION PUSHED AT BRUSSELS CONFERENCE
June 1st, 2009
BY PHILIPPA JONES
A JOINT USA-European Union (EU) approach to the development of nanotechnology regulation is required according to the Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue group - which has co-organised a Brussels conference on the issue. In a statement, it urged "the EU and the US to convene intensive consultations among the relevant regulatory bodies on both sides of the Atlantic to exchange data and establish sound approached to assessing and preventing risks."
Its call was echoed at the conference by Robert Madelin, European Commission's health and ...
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