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Nanotoxicity and the Federal FY’09 Budget

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

A recent publication by Professor Hongjie Dai's research team of Stanford's department of Chemistry shows promise for the use of carbon nanotubes in biomedical applications. In their study, Dai's group reports that after injecting mice with single-walled carbon nanotubes, "near-complete clearance [of the nanotubes] from the main organs in ...

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Applying Toxic Chemicals Regulations to Nanotechnology

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

The Project for Emerging Nanotechnologies (“PEN”) recently published a research brief that it terms a “legal” analysis purporting to examine whether provisions related to the Toxic Release Inventory (“TRI”) contained in the Emergency Planning and Community-Right-to-Know Act (“EPCRA”) apply to nanomaterials.

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