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The Royal Society(1) today commented on a new Which? report(2) that has found that nanomaterials are being used in a wide range of cosmetics. Professor Dame Ann Dowling, Chair of the Royal Society working group on nanotechnologies, said: "We highlighted in our study in 2004 that nanoparticles of a chemical can have different properties to the same chemical in its larger form. And this is why nanoparticles are so exciting.

The following summarizes an editorial and opinion piece that respond to a recent report detailing gender discrimination in health insurance premiums from the National Women's Law Center. Summaries appear below.~

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