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The NanoEthicsBank collects examples of laws governing the use of nanomaterials, as well as publications outlining how developments in the regulation of engineered nanomaterials is influencing their use in manufacturing and in consumer products. Below is a list of government agency websites and seminal reports discussing the regulation of nanotechnologies both in the U.S. and internationally.
United States
EPA – Control of Nanomaterials Under the Toxic Substances Control Act
This page summarizes the latest developments of how the Toxic Substances Control Act is being applied to engineered nanomaterials.
Food and Drug Administration- Nanotechnology
This web page summarizes some of the FDA’s main activities in the field of nanotechnology, including the Nanotechnology Task Force report from July 2007. Recent news from all major U.S. government agencies can also be found in the Federal Register (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/) by doing a keyword search.
Europe
European Commission - Nanomaterials and REACH
This website from the European Commission's Directorate General for for Enterprise and Industry gives an overview of how REACH regulations apply to nanomaterials, and provides links to key publications on this topic.
REACH and the Regulation of Nanotechnology by Bryan Ward and Sarah S. Harley.
This article published in the December 2009 SafeNano Newsletter, discusses how the European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation relates to manufactured nanoscale materials, and includes a list of further resources.
Worldwide
Nanotech Regulatory Document Archive
The Nanotech Regulatory Document Archive is a free, searchable database of governmental documents from around the world relating to nanotechnology regulation.
Mapping Study on Regulation and Governance of Nanotechnologies
In January 2009, the FramingNano project, funded under the EU’s FP 7 science and technology program, published this report which summarizes how countries around the world are working to understand and regulate the health, safety, and environmental effects and ethical and societal effects of nanotechnology. The report includes a series of appendixes that give a detailed summary of research initiatives, legislation, national strategies, and guidance documents developed by European nations, as well as the U.S., China, Japan, and Australia.
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Maya Rudolph: Here Comes the Bride
To say Maya Rudolph has had an eclectic career is putting it mildly. She's played keyboards for '90s alt-pop band the Rentals, starred on 'Saturday Night Live' for nine seasons and delivered a critically-acclaimed performance in 2009's 'Away We Go.' Rudolph's latest turn, as the bride-to-be in the Apatow-produced 'Bridesmaids' (opening nationwide on Friday),bjd shoes, helps kick off a trend of raunchy, female-driven comedies invading cineplexes this summer. Rudolph recently talked to PAPERMAG about her experience making 'Bridesmaids,' her craziest costumes and wedding tips for Kate Middleton.
In 'Bridesmaids,' you wear a wedding gown by the fictional designer Lady St. Petsois JuJu. Where does that gown rank in terms of the most hideous costumes you've had to wear on screen?
I've worn so many hideous costumes. The more hideous the better. I can't say my Donatella costumes from 'SNL,' because they were all masterpieces. I guess the craziest costumes I've had to wear are my Nuni costumes, which were really fun to help create. The Nunis were these strange Germanic art dealers who were both named Nuni that Fred Armisen and I played. Fred always wore the same purple jumpsuit, and my lady wore a flapper dress on one side and a ball gown on the other. It was always something asymmetrical, confusing and difficult to sit down in a chair in. Completely nonsensical.
When 'Bridesmaids' hits theaters, it will instantly enter the pantheon of wedding comedies. How is Bridesmaids different from the pack?
Everyone's saying "wedding comedy," but I don't feel like we were setting out to make a wedding movie. For me, the movie is about this great friendship that is put to task through people moving on with their lives. I love how honest the friendship is in this movie. Amidst all the great jokes, there's a real friendship in there, and it's actually really sweet.