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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

Innovation policy: not just a jumbo shrimp.

Authors: Guston, David H
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nature
Abstract: This article discusses innovation policy, and how a well-structured policy can help encourage a dynamic scientific enterprise, such as nanotechnology research and development, to contribute to identifiable social outcomes. These typ...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v454/n7207/full/454940a.html

Biblio - csep - 06/04/2010 - 10:49

Invisible Origins of Nanotechnology: Herbert Gleiter Materials Science, and Questions of Prestige

Authors: Nordmann, Alfred
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Perspectives on Science
Abstract: The author discusses the important role Herbert Gleiter played in the development of nanostructured materials and in shaping the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative. The lack of knowledge about this important persona in...
Year: 2009

Biblio - csep - 06/08/2010 - 13:30

Japan's engagement in health, environmental and societal aspects of nanotechnology

Authors: Takemura, Masahiro
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Cleaner Production
Abstract: This article outlines the Japanese government's activities related to the health,environmental, and societal aspects of nanotechnology in Japan. ...
Year: 2008

Biblio - csep - 06/09/2010 - 09:53

Justice in Nanotechnological Development (Symposium Introduction)

Authors: Nissen, Ulrik B.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: NanoEthics
Abstract: An introduction to three papers from a workshop held in Denmark looking at justice in nanotechnology development. ...
Year: 2009

Biblio - csep - 06/09/2010 - 09:59

Legal problems of nanotechnology : an overview

Authors: Reynolds, Glenn H. ; Fiedler, Frederick A>
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal
Abstract: This law article is the first substantive discussion of legal issues in nanotechnology to appear in a law journal. Feidler and Reynolds break new ground exploring both the modest and the more extreme applications of nanotechnology, ...
Year: 1994

Biblio - csep - 06/10/2010 - 09:45

Lessons learned from the ethical, legal and social implications program (ELSI): Planning societal implications research for NNI

Authors: Fisher, Erik
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Technology in Society
Abstract: This paper considers federal requirements to institute a research program on societal and ethical considerations of nanotechnology, and to integrate the results of this research with nanotechnology research and development. It ident...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2005.04.006

Biblio - csep - 06/10/2010 - 10:07

Moral Imagination, trading zones, and the role of the ethicist in nanotechnology

Authors: Gorman, Michael E. ; Werhane, Patricia H. ; Swami, Nathan
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: NanoEthics
Abstract: The authors of this article discuss the importance of including ethicists in research teams working on emerging technological and business systems from their inception. Because the societal and ethical impacts of these emerging tech...
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-009-0069-195

Biblio - csep - 06/14/2010 - 10:25

Nanoscience and nanotechnology initiatives in India

Authors: Dutta, D.K.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nanotechnology Perceptions: a Review of Ultraprecision Engineering
Year: 2007

Biblio - csep - 06/22/2010 - 10:15

Nanoscience and nanotechnology: ethical, legal, social and environmental issues

Authors: Basu, Prajit K. ; Ejnavarzala, Haribabu ; Patra, Debrasmita
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Current Science
Abstract: The article discusses the need for India to begin focusing on the ethical, legal, and societal implications of nanotechnology at the very beginning of nanotechnology development...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/mar102009/651.pdf

Biblio - csep - 06/22/2010 - 10:44

Nanotechnology and environmental and public health concerns

Authors: Geiser, K
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: New Solutions: A journal of environmental and occupational health policy
Abstract: Article calls for the need for a cautious, well-crafted policy framework for nanotechnology based on a clearer understanding of the direct and indirect effects, benefits, and risk of nanotechnology. The authors recommend a precautio...
Year: 2004

Biblio - csep - 07/12/2010 - 14:16

Nanotechnology and Social Context

Authors: Sandler, R.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society
Abstract: The author claims that the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative conceptualization and operationalization of responsible development does not adequately recognize the significance of social context issues to responsible d...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1177/0270467607308288

Biblio - csep - 07/12/2010 - 14:52

Nanotechnology and the Human Future

Authors: Cameron, Nigel M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Annuals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Abstract: Drawing on past experiences with biotechnology, such as the public outcry against “frankenfoods” in Europe, author Nigel M. de S. Cameron looks at some of the societal, ethical, and legal problems that are emerging as the developmen...
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1382.019

Biblio - csep - 07/12/2010 - 16:47

Nanotechnology in Germany: from forecasting to technological assessment to sustainability studies

Authors: Ploetz, Christiane ; Luther, Wolfgang ; Bachmann, Gerd ; Zweck, Axel
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Cleaner Production
Abstract: This article looks at Germany's research funding strategy of nanotechnology in light of the fact that the issues of innovations and sustainability are usually discussed separately, so the risks and potentials of new technologies for...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.04.016

Biblio - csep - 07/14/2010 - 10:00

Nanotechnology in global medicine and human biosecurity: private interests policy dilemmas and the calibration of public health

Publication Type: Journal Article
Abstract: This article considers how to approach the challenges posed to global health and biosecurity policy by advances in nanotechnology research and development. It looks at the follow policy dilemmas; (1) expenditure of public funds, (2)...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2007.00186.x

Biblio - csep - 07/14/2010 - 10:09

Nanotechnology in global medicine and human biosecurity: private interests policy dilemmas and the calibration of public health

Authors: Faunce, T.A.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
Abstract: This article considers how to approach the challenges posed to global health and biosecurity policy by advances in nanotechnology research and development. It looks at the follow policy dilemmas; (1) expenditure of public funds, (2)...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2007.00186.x

Biblio - csep - 07/14/2010 - 10:10

Nanotechnology in Latin American at the crossroads

Authors: Foladori, Guillermo
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: nanotechnology Law and Business
Abstract: The development of nanotechnology in Latin America has accelerated in recent years. In this article, Guillermo Foladori summarizes and highlights many key social, technological, and regulatory changes in Latin America as nanotechnol...
Year: 2006

Biblio - csep - 07/14/2010 - 10:36

Nanotechnology publications and citations by leading countries and blocs

Authors: Youtie, Jan ; Shapira, Philip ; Porter, Alan L.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Abstract: This article looks at the number of nanotechnology research articles published by the European Union, The United States, Japan, Germany, China, Singapore, Taiwan, and South Korea during 1990 through 2006. The results of this study f...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-008-9360-9

Biblio - csep - 07/15/2010 - 09:38

NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH: Congress Wants Studies of Nanotech's 'Dark Side'

Authors: Malakoff, D.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science
Abstract: Bioethicists, make room for nanoethicists. The U.S. Congress is on the verge of approving legislation that would require the government to study the implications of nanotechnology at the same time it pumps funds into the promising f...
Year: 2003
DOI: 10.1126/science.301.5629.27a

Biblio - csep - 07/15/2010 - 09:48

Nanotechnology, Development and Buddhist Values

Authors: Hongladarom, Soraj
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: NanoEthics
Abstract: Many claims have been made that nanotechnology could help bridge the gap between rich and poor countries. The author of this article considers the role that culture and values play in the adoption of nanotechnological policies, espe...
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-009-0062-2

Biblio - csep - 07/15/2010 - 10:05

Nanotoxicology and Ethical Conditions for Informed Consent

Authors: Shrader-Frechette, Kristin
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: NanoEthics
Abstract: The author identifies four areas of policy that are likely to interfere to society’s ability to give or withhold free informed consent to the risks that may be related to nanotechnology. To attain this informed consent, the author s...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1007/s11569-007-0003-x

Biblio - csep - 07/23/2010 - 10:30

A critique of the European commission's proposal for the 7th research framework

Authors: Matthews, H.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nanotechnology Perceptions: a Review of Ultraprecision Engineering
Abstract: No abstract available. ...
Year: 2005

Biblio - csep - 07/27/2010 - 10:23

Activities related to health, environmental, and societal aspects of nanotechnology in China

Authors: Zhao, Feng ; Yuliang Zhao ; Chen Wang
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Cleaner Production
Abstract: This article outlines China's activities related to the health,environmental, and societal aspects of nanotechnology in China. As of this articles publication, China is purported to have spent about $2.6 million in this area of rese...
Year: 2008

Biblio - csep - 07/30/2010 - 15:48

Taking temperature--a review of European Union regulation in nanomedicine.

Authors: D'Silva, Joel ; van Calster, Geert
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: European journal of health law
Abstract: After introducing some of the current and future uses nanotechnology will have in healthcare applications, the authors discuss the current regulatory framework in the European Union that govern medical products, devices, biologics a...
Year: 2009

Biblio - csep - 08/03/2010 - 15:29

Broader social issues of nanotechnology

Authors: Roco, Michail C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Abstract: This paper outlines societal implication activities in the National Nanotechnology Initiative, of which $30 million goes to research in educational and societal implications, and $50 million goes to nanoscale research on the possibl...
Year: 2003
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/nano/reports/BroaderSocIssue.pdf

Biblio - csep - 08/09/2010 - 14:55