State/Local Action On Nanotechnology Could Spur Federal Regulations – PEN
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Movement toward state and local government oversight of nanotechnology could be a catalyst for federal action on the issue, according to David Rejeski, director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars' Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
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