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US industry bodies plead with firms to join EPA voluntary nano programme
14-Jul-2008
With just two weeks to go until a deadline set by the US Environmental Protection Agency for companies to join its voluntary nanoscale materials stewardship programme (NMSP), three trade bodies are urging companies to sign up to boost numbers for the flagging scheme. If voluntary participation in the programme remains low," the Synethic Organic Chemical Manufacturers' Association, the American Chemistry Council and the NanoBusness Alliance warn, "EPA may need to resort to more traditional mandatory information gathering measures that could include issuing a Toxic Substances Control Act test rule to compel the development of new data, or implement mandatory handling requirements for manufactured nanomaterials."
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