<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Schuler, Emmanuelle</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A prospective look at risk communication in the nanotechnology field</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Health Law Review </style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.law.ualberta.ca/centres/hli/pdfs/hlr/v12_3/12-3-07%20Schuler.pdf  </style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">28-32</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">English </style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Initial toxicological studies of nanotechnology have received a lot of attention from scientists, industry, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), specialized media, and the mass media. Environmental groups such as ETC have called for moratorium on the commercial production of nanotechnology, and Greenpeace has called for the debate around nanotechnology to include public consultation and consideration in decision-making processes. These ongoing discussions may have already contributed to framing initial attitudes among the interested public - technophiles and supporters - as well as among technophobes or rejecters. It should be recognized that although data on the public awareness of nanotechnology does not currently exist, the vast majority of the public probably has little knowledge of or interest in nanotechnology and its potential hazards. The article offers a brief prospective look on risk communication, with nanotechnology as a case study. It suggests that the nanotechnology community should engage in an open dialogue with various stakeholders, include the public, and integrate their viewpoints into decision-making processes.  </style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue></record></records></xml>