Nano-Silver Could Prompt First Regulatory Action On Nanomaterials
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Environmental and consumer advocacy groups expect that EPA will halt sales of consumer products containing nano-size silver and regulate at least some products as pesticides as requested by a legal petition lodged with the agency in 2008
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