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CONCLUSION
Characterization of the risks posed by ENMs throughout their life cycle is a scientific challenge
that requires integrated, quantitative, and systems-level approaches. It is also an institutional challenge
that stretches the conventional roles of agencies and researchers alike. Strong governance will be vital for
ensuring effective, timely, and actionable research results. Ideally, empowered leadership at the federal
level with oversight by a single agency would solve many of the organizational barriers perceived by the
committee. Centralized attention to the arguments for sustained funding for this research and for the
infrastructure needed to support data-sharing would be wise investments. The ideal of responsible
development of nanotechnology is both daunting, but there is no doubt that it is attainable if we plan well
for the substance of the research and for the management infrastructure needed to shape and disseminate
its findings.
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