Nanotechnology Policy and Development

Authors: Lodlow, Karinne ; Bowman, Diana M. ; Kirk, Dwayne, D.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Trends in Biotechnology
Abstract: Drawing on the history of the history of the regulation of genetic modification, the authors predict that nanotechnology will go through a similar process of inappropriate regulation. They argue that the timing and type of regulatio...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19740561
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2009.07.007

Authors: Nanotechnology Industries Association ; Friedrichs, Steffi ; Crossley, Rachel ; Hodgson, Simon ; The Royal Society ; Sutcliffe, Hilary ; Insight Investment
Publication Type: Conference Proceedings
Secondary Title: How can business respond to the technical, social and commercial uncertainties of nanotechnology? (7 November 2006, London)
Abstract: Summary of a workshop exploring how businesses can respond to the technical (environmental health and safety), social (public perception),and commercial (oversight and economic risks of nanotech) uncertainties of nanotechnology. Par...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.responsiblefutures.com/nanotechworkshopreport.pdf

Authors: United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Proposal put forth by the United Kingdom's Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to introduce a voluntary reporting scheme for free engineered nanoscale particles....
Year: 2006
URL: ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/nanotechnology/docs/defra_nanotechvrs-consultfindings_en.pdf

Authors: Fisher, Erik ; Mahajan, Roop L.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Public Policy
Abstract: This paper argues that the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development (R&D) Act embodies an unresolved tension between two policy trends that pose a growing dilemma for future science and technology (S&T) policy makers: th...
Year: 2006

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Authors: Vassar, M.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nanotechnology Perceptions: a Review of Ultraprecision Engineering
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Year: 2006

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Authors: Baird, Davis ; Shipman, J.P.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
Abstract: This article discusses how the debate about nanotechnology has changed since the publication of K. Eric Drexler's book, Engines of Creation, which helped bring ideas about the potential uses and implications of nanotechnology into t...
Year: 2004
DOI: 10.1109/MTAS.2004.1371635

Authors: Bowman, Diana M. ; van Calster, Geert
Publication Type: Magazine Article
Secondary Title: Nature Nanotechnology
Abstract: This article looks at how the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation will potentially influence the development and use of nanomaterials. The inclusion of the precautionary principle...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.275

Authors: Auplat, Claire
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Society and Business Review
Abstract: By looking at the creation of new technological ventures in the fields of biotechnologies and nanotechnologies, the author found that by introducing shifts in the environment leading to new technological ventures, NGO's influence en...
Year: 2006

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Authors: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This draft of a research strategy by the United States Environmental Protection agency outlines the agency's general approach to researching the potential human health and environmental risks of engineered nanomaterials. The report ...
Year: 2008
URL: http://epa.gov/ncer/nano/publications/nano_strategy_012408.pdf

Authors: Malsch, Ineke ; Saxl, Ottilia ; Loveridge, Denis ; Bachmann, Gerd ; van der Neut, Anthon
Publication Type: Conference Proceedings
Secondary Title: Economic and Social Aspects of Nanotechnology (Antwerpen, 21-24 November 1999)
Abstract: This report is a compilation of existing strategic studies on socio-economic aspects of nanotechnology. It concentrates on the industrial applications of nanotechnology in terms of the European economy, and focuses on identifying wh...
Year: 1999
URL: http://www.nanoforum.org/nf06~modul~showmore~folder~99999~scid~53~.html?action=longview_publication&

Authors: Guzman, Katherine A. Dunphy ; Taylor, Margaret R. ; Banfield, Jillian F.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Environmental Science and Technology
Abstract: This article analyzes the research priorities discussed by various interest groups concerned with the environmental risks of nanotechnology, and evaluates the distribution of federal funding of nanotech research and development. The...
Year: 2006
DOI: 10.1021/es0515708

Authors: Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies ; Rejeski, David
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Testimony of David Rejeski, director of the Woodrow International Center for Scholars project on Emerging Nanotechnologies to the House of Representatives Science Committee. Rejeski summarizes some of the major toxicology studies on...
Year: 2005
URL: http://www.nanoandsociety.com/ourlibrary/documents/ImpactsOfNanotech.pdf

Authors: Roco, Mihail C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Environmental Science and Technology
Abstract: The article explains three of the most pressing environmental health and safety concerns related to the development of nanoscale products, and outlines the U.S. strategic plan for dealing with these concerns. These concerns include ...
Year: 2005
DOI: 10.1021/es053199u

Authors: Rizzuto, Pat.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Chemical Regulation Reporter
Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency hopes to launch a voluntary stewardship program for engineered nanomaterials within 10 months, a senior EPA official said Oct. 19, 2006. Prior to that, EPA will continue to hold peer consultations...
Year: 2006

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Authors: Environmental Defense Fund
Publication Type: Web Article
Abstract: This press release by the Environmental Defense Fund, critiques the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) voluntary reporting scheme, the Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program, as providing very little information to the pu...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.edf.org/pressrelease.cfm?contentID=8162

Authors: Jasanoff, Sheila
Publication Type: Magazine Article
Secondary Title: Nature
Abstract: In this essay, the author calls upon scientists and policy makers to find new ways for dealing with the uncertainties that come with scientific issues such as global warming and nanotechnologies. She suggests that that way to do thi...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v450/n7166/full/450033a.html
DOI: 10.1038/450033a

Authors: Phoenix, Chris
Publication Type: Web Article
Secondary Title: Nanotechnology Now
Abstract: Nanotechnology will create too many benefits and problems to be administered by any one organization or system of rules. This paper surveys the various types of institutions that will be needed and the issues each can address, and r...
Year: 2002
URL: http://www.nanotech-now.com/papers/?area=reader&read=00003

Authors: Bruce, Donald
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: EMBO Reports
Abstract: Nanobiotechnologies represent a rapidly growing field of interest. Several European conferences during the past year have highlighted the wide-ranging potential of applying techniques at the molecular and atomic levels to understand...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1525142/
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400762

Authors: Aguar, Pilar ; Nicolas, Jose Juan Murcia
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This report summarizes the nanotechnology research funding currently being done in the European Union that addresses the possible health and environmental impact of nanoparticles. Following the EU's commitment of addressing the pote...
Year: 2008
URL: ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/nanotechnology/docs/final-version.pdf

Authors: European Science Foundation
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This report looks at the potential of using nanotechnology to help advance the fields of information technology and communication. It discusses the the challenges and goals of today's research, what the expected developments in this...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.esf.org/index.php?eID=tx_ccdamdl_file&p[file]=4245&p[dl]=1&p[pid]=4050&p[site]=European%20Science%20Foundation&p[t]=1285255815&hash=198005e9ad13f1f6392c263e540e56bb&l=en

Authors: European Trade Union Confederation Executive Committee
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This resolution, adopted by the European Trade Union Confederation Executive Committee during their meeting in Brussels 24-25th June 2008, calls for the use of the precautionary principle when making decisions about nanotechnology r...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.etuc.org/a/5163

Authors: Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies ; Maynard, Andrew
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Firms active in nanotech face a paradox: they must plan for risks without knowing precisely what they are. Andrew Maynard, in his report for Lux Research, proposes a number of steps firms and government agencies need to complete app...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.nanotechproject.org/publications/archive/nanotechnology_research_strategy_for/

Authors: AusBiotech Ltd ; Lavelle, Anna
Publication Type: Journal Article
Abstract: Discussion paper released by the Australian Department of Industry, Tourism, and Resources released to the public that outlines why the Australian government is seeking its citizen's comments, what nanotechnology is, and describes w...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.ausbiotech.org/data/downloads/Nanotech_Submission%5B1%5D.pdf

Authors: Lok, Corie
Publication Type: Magazine Article
Secondary Title: Nature
Abstract: Discusses the accomplishments and challenges faced by the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative, its political support and its impact, and its slow response to considering nanotechnology's environmental,safety and health ...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1038/467018a

Authors: Stimers, Paul
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nanotechnology Law and Business
Abstract: In this article, the author discusses the implications a recent study that showed that certain types of multi-walled carbon nanotubes may be toxic in anim...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.klgates.com/files/Publication/2b1f4c2a-298b-4948-9ce7-69f1396b61ac/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/bbdf8cdc-be42-4fa6-b942-7263b449d0b3/Article_Stimers_Nanotech.pdf