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1 EDITORS’ NOTE by Kelly Rain and Kirk Herbertson

2 SOUND CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT: AN OVERVIEW OF THIS ISSUE by Lynn Goldman

4 WHY MODERNIZATION OF THE U.S. TOXIC SUBSTANCES LAW IS GOOD FOR PUBLIC

HEALTH AND BUSINESS by Malcolm D. Woolf

11 NANOTECHNOLOGIES: THE PROMISE AND THE PERIL by Jennifer Sass, Patrice Simms,

and Elliott Negin

17 THE NEED FOR AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY TO MANAGE GLOBAL CHEMICALS

AGREEMENTS by Kelly Rain

21 EUROPE’S REACH: A NEW CHAPTER IN INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS LAW by Marcos A.

Orellana

30 TOXIC TRAINS: CHEMICAL TRANSPORTATION REGULATION, TERRORISM, AND THE U.S.

CAPITOL by Chris McChesney

33 STRATEGIC APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT: LACK OF

INTEREST BELIES IMPORTANCE by Angela Logomasini

38 COMMENTARY: THE BASEL CONVENTION, BACK TO THE FUTURE by Pierre Portas

42 CHEMICAL TAKING: GLYPHOSATE AND THE ERADICATION OF DUE PROCESS IN

COLOMBIA by David A. Wilhite

46 NANOTECHNOLOGY: GETTING IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME by Karen Florini, Scott Walsh,

John M. Balbus, and Richard Denson

55 AMORAL JUSTIFICATION FOR COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY TESTING OF INDUSTRIAL

CHEMICALS by Ted Schettler M.D., M.P.H.

58 INDIA’S TOXIC LANDFILLS: A DUMPING GROUND FOR THE WORLD’S ELECTRONIC

WASTE by Nisha Thakker

63 PRODUCT-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS: EUROPE SETS THE PACE by Paul E.

Hagen