REGULATING CHEMICALS.

Focuses on the concerns related to nanomaterials and biomonitoring which were evident at the GlobalChem conference held on March 22-23, 2005 in Arlington, Virginia. Anxiety caused for the chemical industry by the European Union's draft legislation on the registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals which may be implemented in 2007; Talks on the planned Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management being developed under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Program; Industry attention garnered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's chemical regulation program.