Nanosilver in Consumer Products: A Potential Gold Mine for Enhanced US Regulation
This post was written by Christopher Rissetto, Stephanie Giese and Areta Kupchyk.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Nov. 19, 2008 that it is seeking public comments on a petition asking it to regulate nanosilver products as pesticides. The authors of this article discuss that petition, a related petition sent to the Food and Drug Administration, and other activities at federal regulatory agencies and in the Congress affecting products that incorporate nanomaterials. They expect a new regulatory environment to develop in 2009 for companies producing and selling such products.
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