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Chemistry World June 30, 2010 Rebecca Trager	EPA's oversight of nanomaterials questioned The US Government Accountability Office is warning that nanomaterials may be entering the market without adequate risk assessment by the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Chemistry World February 25, 2009 Victoria Gill	Nano-regulation creeps closer Canada has introduced a mandatory safety reporting scheme for companies producing nanomaterials, becoming the first country in the world to do so.
Chemistry World April 29, 2008 Rebecca Trager	International Nanosafety Drive Launched The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has brought countries together to pool their resources and test the human health and environmental safety of several nanomaterials that are already in use.
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Chemistry World November 27, 2009 Ned Stafford	New nano rule for EU cosmetics A new European regulation will require cosmetics manufacturers to list any nanoparticles contained in products marketed within the European Union.
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Chemistry World January 31, 2010 Kate McAlpine	Slack nano safety Many researchers working with nanomaterials use inadequate protection, if any at all, and most don't use special disposal methods for nanomaterials, claims a new study.
Chemistry World June 14, 2010 Sarah Houlton	EU ministers call for nanomaterial ban They have called for nanosilver and long multiwalled carbon nanotubes to be banned in electrical and electronic products.
Chemistry World May 3, 2011 James Urquhart	Titanate cigarette filter Chinese researchers have shown for the first time that nanomaterials made from titanium dioxide can be used in cigarette filters to significantly reduce the amount of harmful chemicals inhaled by smokers.
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Chemistry World January 2010 Palmer & Felwick	Safety in numbers Regulators struggle with nanotechnology. It's time for more self-regulation, say the authors
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Chemistry World May 2, 2014 Jennifer Newton	Zoe Schnepp: Green collaboration Zoe Schnepp is a lecturer in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham in the UK. Her group develops simple routes to functional materials. In particular, they use biomass to synthesize materials for applications, such as catalysis and water filtration.
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Chemistry World August 8, 2010 James Urquhart	No nanotube fertility risk US and Chinese researchers have found that carbon nanotubes injected into male mice cause damage to the testes, but the harm is reversible and does not affect fertility.
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Chemistry World September 18, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Nanocircuits Made Easy Scientists in Israel have developed a simple way of making complex networks of carbon nanotubes and stamping them onto circuit boards, taking a further step towards building the next generation of smaller, faster microchips.