Report advocates international cooperation and data-sharing to better understand potential risks from nanomaterials

The European Commission (EC) and the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a report on the need to assess the impact of nanomaterials and nanoproducts on the environment and on human health. The report is the result of a workshop held in October 2006, in which 25 nanotechnology and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) experts from around the world discussed ways to identify risks, and rewards, that may arise from the use of nanotechnology.

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