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Britain baulks at funding safety research

Chance to gain trust for nanotechnology may be lost, warn scientists.

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  1. H.M. Government Response to the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering Report published online. http://www.ost.gov.uk/policy/issues/nanotech_final.pdf (2005).

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Peplow, M. Britain baulks at funding safety research. Nature (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/news050221-16

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