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Commercially manufactured engineered nanomaterials for environmental and health studies: Important insights provided by independent characterization

Authors: Park, Heaweon ; Grassian, Vicki H.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Abstract: In studies looking at the biological interactions, toxicity, and overall risk assessment for nanomaterials, this article stresses the importance for independent characterization of data in EHS studies of purchased nanomaterials, as ...
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.1002/etc.72

Biblio - csep - 04/16/2010 - 16:56

Nanotechnology and the public: effectively communicating nanoscale science and engineering concepts

Authors: Castellini, O.M. ; Walejko, G.K. ; Holladay, C.E. ; Thiem, T.J. ; Zenner, G.M ; Crone, W.C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Abstract: Results of a survey conducted to discover the level of public understanding of nanotechnology in order to identify appropriate starting points for discussion. The survey showed that many participants lacked a true understanding of c...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-006-9160-z

Biblio - csep - 04/19/2010 - 15:20

"Mind the Gap" Science and Ethics in Nanotechnology

Authors: Mnyusiwalla, Anisa ; Daar, Abdallah ; Singer, Peter A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nanotechnology
Abstract: Nanotechnology (NT) is a rapidly progressing field. Advances will have a tremendous impact on fields such as materials, electronics, and medicine. A thorough review of the current literature, governmental funding, and policy documen...
Year: 2003
URL: http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID=6510&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Biblio - csep - 04/20/2010 - 16:49

But is it unique to nanotechnology?

Authors: Godman, Marion
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article discusses some of the problems with establishing nanoethics as a new sub-division of applied ethics. After critiquing early arguments about the potential of a nanoethics sub-discipline, the author draws a distinction be...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-008-9052-y

Biblio - csep - 04/20/2010 - 16:53

The novelty of nano and the regulatory challenge of newness

Authors: Preston, Christopher J. ; Sheinin, Maxim Y. ; Sproat, Denyse J. ; Swarup, Vimal P.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: NanoEthics
Abstract: This article examines the efforts of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the last 18 months to regulate the use of nanotechnology by using the Toxic Substances Control Act (TCSA). The authors argue why this approach is not a...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-010-0083-x

Biblio - csep - 05/05/2010 - 15:21

Developments in the debate on nanoethics : Traditional approaches and the need for new kinds of analysis

Authors: Ferrari, Arianna
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: NanoEthics
Abstract: The author reviews different discourses within the emerging field of nanoethics, and discusses the limitations of these different approaches. He then examines more recent developments in the debate about nanoethics which call for t...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-009-0081-z

Biblio - csep - 05/05/2010 - 15:31

Perceptions of nano ethics among practitioners in a developing country : A case of India

Authors: Parta, Debasmita ; Haribabu, E. ; McComas, Katherine A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: NanoEthics
Abstract: This article focuses on the perceptions of scientists and engineers working in nanotechnology in India about the possible societal, ethical, health and environmental aspects of nanotechnology development.The results of the survey sh...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-010-0086-7

Biblio - csep - 05/05/2010 - 16:08

Nanomaterials and effects on biological systems : Development of effective regulatory norms

Authors: Manchikanti, Padmavati ; Bandopadhyay, Tapas K.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: NanoEthics
Abstract: This article discusses the research being done worldwide in the area of risk assessment of nanomaterials and their effects on aquatic and plant systems, and discusses how this risk assessment will help form the foundation of regulat...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-010-0084-9

Biblio - csep - 05/05/2010 - 16:13

Tackling global poverty

Authors: Nature Publishing Group
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nature Nanotechnology
Abstract: This short article outlines some of the ways in which nanotechnology could potentially help reduce poverty and improve standards of living around the world, including its use in water filtration systems and improved medical treatmen...
Year: 2007

Biblio - csep - 05/10/2010 - 15:20

Devil and the deep blue sea? Scientists instinctively love nanotechnology , which is why they shouldn't be in charge of it

Authors: McGee, Glen
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: The Scientist
Abstract: A column by Glen McGee that discusses how some companies are using the "green nanotechnology" movement - or the promise of nanotechnology to reduce pollution - to further their profits, sometimes at the expense of the environment, o...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/53736/

Biblio - csep - 05/10/2010 - 15:23

The future of public engagement : the facts never speak for themselves, which is why scientists need to "frame" their message to the public

Authors: Nisbet, Matthew C. ; Scheufele, Dietram A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: The Scientist
Abstract: Article argues against the popular science model of using the media to "educate" the public about science. Instead, the authors suggest that scientists learn to present their message in a way that connects with diverse audiences. Wh...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.the-scientist.com/2007/10/1/38/1/

Biblio - csep - 05/12/2010 - 16:09

What have we learned from public engagement?

Authors: Jones, Richard
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nature Nanotechnology
Abstract: In this article, the chair of the United Kingdom's Nanotechnology Engagement Group reflects on some of the main lessons learned from the public engagement experiments done from 2004-2007 by this organization. Some of the main obstac...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.123

Biblio - csep - 05/13/2010 - 10:18

Opening up nanotechnology dialogue with the publics : risk communication or "upstream engagement"?

Authors: Pidgeon, Nick ; Rogers-Hayden, Tee
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Health, Risk and Society
Abstract: The authors discuss the origins of upstream engagement (public participation before significant research has been done and before firm public attitudes about an issue have been established) and how this kind of public engagement is ...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1080/13698570701306906

Biblio - csep - 05/13/2010 - 10:22

Risk, public engagement and reflexivity: Alternative framings of the public dimensions of nanotechnology

Authors: Doubleday, Robert
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Health, Risk and Society
Abstract: This article reviews how the social aspects of nanotechnology research and development has emerged as a public issue, and research being done in this area. The author argues that the focus on public engagement experiments on the hea...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1080/13698570701306930

Biblio - csep - 05/13/2010 - 11:08

Moving engagement "upstream" ? Nanotechnologies and the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering's inquiry

Authors: Rogers-Hayden, Tee ; Pidgeon, Nick
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Public Understanding of Science
Abstract: The authors of this article interviewed 24 stakeholders about the impact of the 2004 report, Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies: Opportunities and Uncertainties by the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering. The authors us...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1177/0963662506076141

Biblio - csep - 05/13/2010 - 11:26

Nanotechnology and public interest dialogue : some international observations

Authors: Bowman, Diana M. ; Hodge, Graeme, A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society
Abstract: The authors of this article examine a number of nanotechnology-focused public engagement activities that have taken place in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Australia, and the different approaches these projects ...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1177/0270467606298216

Biblio - csep - 05/13/2010 - 11:30

Avoiding the Trust Deficit: Public Engagement, Values, and the Precautionary Principle and the Future of Nanotechnology

Authors: Stebbing, M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry
Abstract: The author argues for a more interdisciplinary and inclusive debate on the ethical, legal, and regulatory frameworks that may avoid the loss of public trust that has characterized the introduction of new technologies. The author sug...
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-009-9142-9

Biblio - csep - 05/13/2010 - 11:40

Avoiding Empty Rhetoric: Engaging Publics in Debates About Nanotechnologies

Authors: Kyle, Renee ; Dodds, Susan
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The authors discuss why public engagement in discussions about nanotechnology is important, and suggest some possible methods for more effectively including the public in future debates about the development of science policy and th...
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-008-9089-y

Biblio - csep - 05/13/2010 - 13:58

On nanotechnology and ambivalence: The politics of enthusiasm

Authors: Wynne, Brian ; Kearnes, Matthew
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: NanoEthics
Abstract: The majority of public engagement experiments that have been done in the past few years on nanotechnology research and development seek to address the lack of public trust in the benefits of emerging technologies and governments’ an...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-007-0014-7

Biblio - csep - 05/14/2010 - 09:30

The laboratory revisited : academic science and the responsible development of nanotechnology

Authors: Doubleday, Robert
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: NanoEthics
Abstract: The author discusses the debate about the meaning of “upstream public engagement,” in United Kingdom science policy in regard to nanotechnology, and follows with detailed description about a laboratory-based collaboration between so...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-007-0017-4

Biblio - csep - 05/14/2010 - 09:41

Rules of Engagement

Authors: Toumey, Chris
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nature Nanotechnology
Abstract: The author describes the efforts of the South Carolina Citizens' School of Nanotechnology (SCCSN) to engage the public with nanotechnology. Drawing from his experience running the SCCSN, the author then comments about some of the im...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.204

Biblio - csep - 05/14/2010 - 09:57

Introducing standards of care in the commercialization of nanotechnology

Authors: Weil, Vivian
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: International Journal of Applied Philosophy
Abstract: Author outlines ways to promote responsible conduct in the research and development of nanotechnology, such as public engagement and the development of voluntary standards by industry through deliberative and inclusive processes tha...
Year: 2006

Biblio - csep - 05/14/2010 - 10:02

Better safe than sorry: Understanding the toxicological properties of inorganic nanoparticles manufactured for biomedical applications.

Authors: Fadeel, B. ; Garcia-Bennett A. E.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
Abstract: Reviews the potential uses of nanoparticles for biomedical applications such as medical imaging and drug delivery, as well as research currently being done to assess the potential toxicities of these novel materials. ...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19900497?dopt=Abstract
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2009.11.008

Biblio - csep - 05/14/2010 - 11:43

Nanoparticles, human health hazard and regulation

Authors: Seaton, Anthony ; Tran, Lang ; Aitken, Robert ; Donaldson, Kenneth
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of the Royal Society
Abstract: This article reviews the understanding of the human health hazards potentially posed by nanoscale materials, relates these risks to those posed by aerosols of combustion particles and asbestos, and discuss early steps towards regula...
Year: 2010
URL: http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2009/08/31/rsif.2009.0252.focus.abstract
DOI: 10.1098/​rsif.2009.0252

Biblio - csep - 05/14/2010 - 11:48

Nanotechnology outreach by an anthropologist

Authors: Toumey, Chris
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Practicing Anthropology
Abstract: Article describes the South Carolina Citizens' School of Nanotechnology, an outreach program that sought to investigate how non-experts understand nanotechnology, and allow the public to participate in nanotech policy....
Year: 2006

Biblio - csep - 05/27/2010 - 14:58