Boehlert, Gordon call for implementation of new nanotechnology report
16th Nov 2006, 10:14 GMT
House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) and Ranking Democrat Bart Gordon (D-TN) issued the following joint statement in response to a paper published today in the journal Nature laying out a research agenda to understand the environmental, health and safety implications of nanotechnology.
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