By Porter Wright on On Thursday 01/21/2010, Senator Mark Pryor (D-Ark) introduced S. 2942, "The Nanotechnology Safety Act of 2010", the first nanotechnology related bill of the 2nd session of the 111th Congress. The bill is co-sponsored by Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD). The text of S. 2942 has not yet been made available by the Government Printing Office; the … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on In recent weeks, Health care reform and financial regulatory reform efforts by the Obama administration have been getting the majority of the media and public’s attention, but at the same time reform and updating of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has been in the background. Yesterday, during a speech to the Commonwealth Club of … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Yesterday, in Part I, we examined the status and provisions of bills in the House affecting nanotechnology, nanoindustries, or nanobusiness. Today in Part II, we turn to the Senate. S. 596, the "Nanotechnology Innovation and Prize Competition Act of 2009", was introduced by Senator Ron Wyden (Dem-OR) on 03/16/2009. The bill directs the Secretary of … Continue Reading
