Mr. Ian Shugart at the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee

I want to ask my colleague, Cynthia Wright, to expand on this.

First, obligations regarding nanotechnologies and biotechnologies have not been specifically identified, but the department's approach is to develop tests to ensure that any product resulting from such technologies—be it traditional chemistry or new technologies—does not wind up in the environment.

I invite Ms. Wright to give you more details.