ACTIVISTS' FOCUS ON COSMETICS COULD BOOST BID FOR EPA NANOTECH RULES

Environmentalists and public health activists' growing focus on the risks posed by nanomaterials in cosmetics and other personal care products could bolster their bid for new EPA regulations governing the emerging technology, observers say. As a first step in the effort to force EPA and other federal agencies to develop new nanotechnology regulations, activists filed an administrative petition May 16 with the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) calling for amendments to its regulatory framework to address products that contain nanomaterials,...