Senate Environment Panel Joins Congressional Focus On Nanotechnology

Senate environment committee staff are beginning a bipartisan look at how environmental laws could be applied to regulate nanotechnology as committee staff consider the issue ahead of a possible hearing later this year. While the hearing has not yet been scheduled, environment committee interest in nanotechnology comes as several other House and Senate committees are beginning to consider the issue. Nanotechnology refers to materials that can be manipulated at the molecular level to create unique properties that are expected to...