EPA AWARDS RECORD GRANT TO STUDY HEALTH RISKS OF NANOMATERIALS

Amid activists' calls for Congress to mandate a massive funding boost into the study of the potential health risks of nanomaterials, EPA has awarded a $2 million grant -- its largest ever for nano research -- for a project to analyze the effects of metal oxides on the human brain, which could also assist the agency in future risk assessments. EPA Aug. 20 announced the grant for the University of Kentucky to study how the size and shape of the...