CBEN’s Colvin Urges Congress To Support Environmental Studies Of Nanotechnology

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– April 11, 2003Posted in: News Releases

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CBEN’S
COLVIN URGES CONGRESS TO SUPPORT
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES OF NANOTECHNOLOGY

Rice’s Dr. Vicki Colvin,
associate professor of chemistry and director of the Center for Biological
and Environmental Nanotechnology, testified before the U.S. House Science
Committee on Wednesday, April 9. Dr. Colvin urged Congress to support
more environmental studies of nanotechnology.

Text of Colvin’s
testimony: http://www.house.gov/science/hearings/full03/apr09/colvin.htm

House Science Committee press release: http://www.house.gov/science/press/108/108-049.htm

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