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1 July 2008
A coalition of consumer, health, and environmental groups has filed a legal petition with the US Environmental Protection Agency demanding that it use its authority to regulate pesticides to stop the sale of more than 260 consumer products using nanosized versions of silver. The legal action is the first challenge to EPA's failure to regulate nanomaterials.