Not my field, but it seems to me this might be of=20
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>Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:20:18 -0500 (CDT)
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>Subject: News Brief: EPA Invites Public Comment on Design of Nanotechnology
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>For Release: (Washington, D.C. - Wednesday, July 11, 2007 )
>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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>EPA Invites Public Comment on Design of Nanotechnology Stewardship Program
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>Contact: Enesta Jones, (202) 564-4355 / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>In its continuing efforts to better understand=20
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>nanotechnology, EPA is inviting the public to=20
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>oversight of nanoscale industrial chemicals to=20
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>The effort will call on manufacturers of=20
>engineered nanoscale chemical materials to=20
>develop and report key information needed on=20
>these materials to help ensure the safe=20
>manufacture and use of the products of=20
>nanotechnology. This program will complement and=20
>support EPA's new and existing chemical programs=20
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