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Federal research plan to determine nanotech risks fails to deliver
09-13-2007 · EurekAlert!Almost a year in the making, a federal plan to prioritize research on the potential environmental, health, and safety impacts of nanoscale materials has so many failings that its begs the question as to whether the government's 13-agency nanotechnology research effort is able to deliver an effective risk research strategy, according to David Rejeski, head of the Wilson Center's Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies.
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