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Why was the partnership between DuPont and Environmental Defense initiated?

April 26, 2017Defense DuPont Environmental initiated partnership

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Why was the partnership between DuPont and Environmental Defense initiated?

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In a June 2005 op-ed that ran in The Wall Street Journal, DuPont CEO Chad Holliday and Environmental Defense President Fred Krupp jointly called for broad collaboration by interested stakeholders to identify and address potential environmental, health, and safety risks of nanotechnology. Soon after, Environmental Defense and DuPont entered into a partnership to develop this Framework. DuPont wanted to develop a robust program for examining risks during development of products that incorporate nanomaterials, and Environmental Defense wanted to promote a credible approach to identifying and mitigating risks for use within the nanotech industry.