Nanoenvironmentalism

Hearings coming soon:

The debate over potential health and environment risks of nanomaterials may heat up further when the Environmental Protection Agency holds a public hearing in Washington on Sept. 29 on recommendations for voluntary nanotechnology safety guidelines scheduled to take effect in 2006. A group of 17 advocacy groups -- including Greenpeace, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club -- say the agency's proposal for voluntary self-regulation will not provide enough protection against potentially toxic nanomaterials.