Nanotechnology Policy and Development

Authors: Matthews, H.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nanotechnology Perceptions: a Review of Ultraprecision Engineering
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Year: 2005

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Authors: United States National Research Council Committee to Review the National Nanotechnology Initiative
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Review of the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative. See Especially Chapter 4 : Responsible Development of Nanotechnology, that accesses the societal dimension component area of the NNI. The committee's analysis focused o...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11752.html

Authors: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies ; Michelson, Evan
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Article analyzes a number of transnational governance challenges and opportunities nanotechnology development will likely pose for the United States and China to highlight some of issues that need to be resolved by these two governm...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.law.gmu.edu/nctl/stpp/pubs/Michelson.pdf

Authors: Australian Government Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: The Strategy, with funding of $38.2 million over four years, provides a framework to support the responsible development of enabling technologies, or new technologies or new uses for existing technologies that enable new products or...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.innovation.gov.au/Industry/Nanotechnology/Documents/NETS_booklet_web.pdf

Authors: Graeme Hodge ; Diana Bowman ; Ludlow, Karinne
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This report, commissioned by the Australian Office of Nanotechnology, is an independent review of the effect nanotechnology may have on Australia's regulatory frameworks. The authors found that while there is no immediate need for m...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.innovation.gov.au/Section/Innovation/Documents/MonashReport2008.pdf

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

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Authors: Ruckelshaus, William ; Davies, J. Clarence
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
Secondary Title: Boston Globe
Abstract: Editorial calling for the United States Environmental Protection Agency to develop a research and regulatory framework for nanotechnology that allows for innovation and growth while avoiding or minimizing potential environmental and...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/07/07/an_epa_for_the_21st_century/

Authors: Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This document analyses the similarities and differences identified in current and proposed information gathering initiatives for manufactured nanomaterials. The analysis includes the following information elements that should be con...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2009doc.nsf/LinkTo/NT00006F1E/$FILE/JT03274953.PDF

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

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Authors: Monica, John C. ; Diana Bowman
Publication Type: Web Article
Abstract: This article discusses a paper published by the Australian Government's Department of Health and Aging entitled "Proposal for Regulatory Reform of Industrial Nanomaterials" that proposes changes to the National Industrial Chemicals ...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.nanolawreport.com/2009/12/articles/australia-considers-proposal-for-nanoregulatory-reform/

Authors: Cable Josh
Publication Type: Magazine Article
Secondary Title: EHS Today
Abstract: Dr. Celia Merzbacher, co-chair of the U.S. National Science and Technology Council's Nanoscale Engineering and Technology Subcommittee, defended the U.S. government's spending on nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety resear...
Year: 2006
URL: http://ehstoday.com/ar/ehs_imp_43564/

Authors: Committee on Science ; House of Representatives ; United States
Publication Type: Newspaper Article
Secondary Title: House Committee on Science Latest News and Information
Abstract: House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), ranking Minority Member Bart Gordon (D-TN) and non-government witnesses called today for a more strategic, better funded, research program to study the environmental and saf...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.house.gov/science/press/109/109-323.htm

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

Authors: Kerr, Ian ; Goldie Bassie
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Health Law Review
Abstract: Although there is a broadening social interest in the development of powerful and general nanotechnology, the public discourse to date has largely avoided a comprehensive examination of its social dimensions. Instead, discourse has ...
Year: 2004
URL: http://www.law.ualberta.ca/centres/hli/pdfs/hlr/v12_3/12-3-12%20Kerr.pdf

Authors: Hermeren, Goran
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: NanoEthics
Abstract: This paper offers a conceptual framework for looking at the ethical issues raised by nanoscale framework, and asks how this kind of research can improve human life. The authors finds that nanotech research can achieve this provided ...
Year: 2007

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Authors: ETC Group ; Wetter, Kathy Jo
Publication Type: Conference Paper
Secondary Title: FDA Nanotechnology Public Meeting (10 October 2006: Washington, D.C.)
Abstract: Nanotechnology Public Meeting, October 10, 2006. Discusses the history of the ETC Group's monitoring and calling for stricter controls on nanotechnology, and calls for the FDA to adopt mandatory nanotechnology -specific regulations ...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.etcgroup.org/en/materials/publications.html?id=594

Authors: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
Publication Type: Web Article
Abstract: This statement from a broad coalition of consumer, public health, environmental, labor, and civil society organizations outlines eight principles that they believe will provide the foundation for adequate and effective oversight and...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.icta.org/doc/Principles%20for%20the%20Oversight%20of%20Nanotechnologies%20and%20Nanomaterials_final.pdf

Publication Type: Web Article
Year: 9999

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Authors: Marburger, John H. ; Connaughton, James L.
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: November 2007 Memorandum put out by the U.S. Executive Office of the President Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Office of Environmental Quality announcing a set of principles developed by a multi agency, consensus-bas...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.ostp.gov/html/Nano%20EHS%20Principles%20Memo_OSTP-CEQ_FINAL.pdf

Authors: Australia, Department of Health and Aging
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This public discussion paper, published by Australia's Department on Health and Aging, seeks to look at how changes should be made to the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) to address uncertain...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.nicnas.gov.au/Current_Issues/Nanotechnology/Consultation%20Papers/NICNAS_Nano_PUBLIC_DISCUSSION_PAPER_PDF.pdf

Authors: Matsuda, Massami ; Hunt, Geoffrey
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Bio-Medical Materials & Engineering
Abstract: The authors compare the level of government support for research on the ethical, legal, environmental, and social dimensions of nanotechnology development between Japan, the United States, and Europe. Japan is slightly behind the ot...
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.3233/BME-2009-0588

Authors: Maynard, Andrew
Publication Type: Web Article
Secondary Title: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Abstract: This column by Andrew Maynard discusses some of the challenges faced by the U.S. Government as the Twenty-first Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act comes up for reauthorization. Maynard summarizes some of the progres...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.thebulletin.org/columns/andrew-maynard/20080115.html

Authors: Goldston, David
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nature
Abstract: Article explores the reasons why so little progress has been made on developing a coordinated U.S. research program on the potential effects nanotechnology may have on the environment and human heath. The author cites the lack of de...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.nature.com/news/2007/071219/full/4501141a.html
DOI: 10.1038/4501141a

Authors: Service, Robert F.
Publication Type: Magazine Article
Secondary Title: Science Magazine
Abstract: Nanotechnology observers are split over the best way to ensure that the up-and-coming industry remains safe for both people and the environment On September 21, 2006, at a hearing of the U.S. House Science Committee, leaders of the ...
Year: 2006
URL: 10.1126/science.314.5796.45

Authors: Steffensen, Bernd ; Kleihauer, Silke ; Moller, Martin ; Moch, Katja ; Hermann, Andreas ; Fuhr, Martin
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Legal report commissioned by Umweltbundesamt, the German Federal Ministry for Environmental Protection and Reactor Security that identifies the regulatory gaps that exist in current law. The researchers based their analysis on the c...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.umweltdaten.de/publikationen/fpdf-l/3198.pdf