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EPA foregoes opportunity to improve nanotechnology oversight

In a new document released by the US Environmental Protection Agency, TSCA Inventory Status of Nanoscale Substances-General Approach, the EPA states that it will maintain its practice of determining whether nanoscale substances qualify as new chemicals under TSCA on a case-by-case basis. This practice is deemed inadequate to ensure public and market confidence in safety by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies.

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