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As part of its data-gathering efforts, the committee held a workshop on November 7, 2012. The
workshop was organized to gain input from federal agencies, researchers, industry, and nongovernment
organizations to help in gauging the extent of research progress and understanding efforts that are under
way to address scientific uncertainties and research infrastructure needs (see Appendix C for a summary
of the workshop). The committee also used its expert judgment based on literature reviews and
knowledge of the state of the science to evaluate the extent of research and implementation progress.
Chapter 2 reviews recent reports on EHS aspects of ENMs and the committee's impressions
drawn from the workshop. Chapter 3 assesses progress in research and implementation, classifying the
research trajectory into three broad categories—substantial progress (green), moderate or mixed progress
(yellow), and little progress (red). Chapter 4 analyzes findings from Chapter 3 and suggests pathways for
advancing the research enterprise (Figure 1-2). Finally, Chapter 5 considers the overall charge and offers
a vision for optimizing the research efforts of the EHS nanotechnology community and provides steps to
address the longer-term criteria identified in the committee's first report.
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