Dupont, the chemical giant, has put its peanut butter in the chocolate belong to Environmental Defense, the environmental action NGO. Or did ED’s chocolate end up in DuPont’s peanut butter? In any case they have teamed up to produce a “NanoRisk Framework” that combines techniques risk analysis and product development to help companies monitor the production of new nanomaterials. It is, at first sight, a surprising partnership, but as it turns out, I guess ED is known for “finding the ways that work” as their website puts it. It is also another example of the desire to bring a public into being, as the framework is publicly distributed, and available for comment until March 30th. It’s a nice document too– the kind of thing that isn’t normally freely available on a website…
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