Nanotechnology Policy and Development

Authors: Grieger, Khara D. ; Baun, Anders ; Owen, Richard
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Abstract: Because performing proper risk assessment studies on the many different kinds of nanoparticles is likely to take decades, decision-makers are left with little support or guidance when developing regulatory frameworks and plans for t...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-009-9829-1

Authors: Murashov, Vladimir ; Engel, Stefan ; Savolainen, Kai ; Fullam, Brian ; Lee, Michelle ; Kearns, Peter
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Abstract: Describes activities of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) around occupational safety and health, and an overview of an OECD workshop on exposure assessment and mitigation for nanotechnology workplaces....
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-009-9637-7

Authors: Howard, John ; Murashov, Vladimir
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Journal of Nanoparticle Research
Abstract: Because it is unlikely that standards to protect workers against harmful exposure to nanomaterials are going to be adopted anytime soon, these authors propose that a National Nanotechnology Partnership should be formed. This Partner...
Year: 2009
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-009-9682-2

Authors: Organization for Economic Cooporation and Development, Environment Directorate
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Workshop for the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials. Delegates from OECD member countries, non-member countries Argentina, China, and India, Environmenta...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/displaydocumentpdf/?cote=env/jm/mono(2006)19&doclanguage=en

Authors: Organization for Economic Cooporation and Development, Environment Directorate
Publication Type: Conference Proceedings
Secondary Title: Chemicals Committee and the Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides, and Biotech Meeting (2007 Apr. 25-27 : Berlin, Germany
Abstract: Report compiles information provided by member companies and other delegations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on current regulatory and other developments on the safety of manufactured nanomaterials in ...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/displaydocumentpdf/?cote=env/jm/mono(2006)35&doclanguage=en

Authors: Organization for Economic Cooporation and Development, Environment Directorate
Publication Type: Conference Proceedings
Secondary Title: Chemicals Committee and the Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides, and Biotech Meeting (2007 Apr. 25-27 : Berlin, Germany
Abstract: This report provides an update on the status of work of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials on their research and collaborative efforts on health, safety, and envir...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/displaydocumentpdf?cote=env/jm/mono%282009%2923&doclanguage=en

Authors: Organization for Economic Cooporation and Development, Environment Directorate
Publication Type: Conference Proceedings
Secondary Title: Chemicals Committee and the Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides, and Biotech Meeting (Paris, France 28-30 October 2009)
Abstract: This report provides an update on the status of work of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials on their research and collaborative efforts on health, safety, and envir...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/displaydocumentpdf?cote=ENV/JM/MONO%282010%294&doclanguage=en

Authors: Organization for Economic Cooporation and Development, Environment Directorate
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This progress report of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's "Cooperation on Voluntary Schemes and Regulatory Programmes" project discusses the results that have been gathered by this effort on voluntary stewa...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/displaydocumentpdf?cote=ENV/JM/MONO%282009%2945&doclanguage=en

Authors: Organization for Economic Cooporation and Development, Environment Directorate
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This report outlines progress made by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials in its efforts to address the possible safety implications of manufactured nanoparticles. ...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/displaydocumentpdf?cote=env/jm/mono%282009%2934&doclanguage=en

Authors: World Technology Evaluation Center
Publication Type: Conference Proceedings
Secondary Title: Nanotechnology long-term impacts and research directions 2000-2020 (30 September 2010: Arlington, VA
Abstract: This conference, as well as the corresponding "Nano 2" report, examines the last decade's progress in the field of nanotechnology and uncovers new opportunities for nanotechnology development in the United States and around the worl...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.wtec.org/nano2/

Authors: European Commission
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This draft proposal seeks input for the development of regulatory definition of the term "nanomaterial" for use by the European Union. The recommendations include that the definition should only apply to particulate nanomaterials, ...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/consultations/pdf/recommendation_nano.pdf

Authors: NanoSafety Consortium for Carbon
Publication Type: Web Article
Abstract: This is the home web site of the NanoSafety Consortium for Carbon, which was formed by twelve leading companies involved in the commercialization of carbon nanomaterials and products to address the global, legal, regulatory, environ...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.nanosafetyconsortium.com/

Authors: United States, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Publication Type: Web Article
Abstract: This web site is meant to allow members of the public and key stakeholders in the nanotechnology field to provide impact and feedback on the National Nanotechnology Initiative. From November 1-30, 2010 public comment on the draft NN...
Year: 2010
URL: http://strategy.nano.gov/

Authors: United States, National Science and Technology Council Subcommittee on Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology ; United States, National Science and Technology Council
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: Published as a draft for public comment in November 2010, this document outlines the vision and goals of the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative, replacing the earlier published December 2007 plan. Starting from page 24, the rep...
Year: 2010
URL: http://strategy.nano.gov/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/draft-NNI-Strategic-Plan-2010-11-014.pdf

Authors: Shelley-Egan, Clare
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: NanoEthics
Abstract: Issues of responsibility in the world of nanotechnology are becoming explicit with the emergence of a discourse on ‘responsible development’ of nanoscience and nanotechnologies. Much of this discourse centres on the ambivalences of ...
Year: 2010
URL: 10.1007/s11569-010-0099-2

Authors: Nordmann, Alfred ; Ferrari, Arianna
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: NanoEthics
Abstract: One of the aims of the DEEPEN project was to deepen ethical understanding of issues related to emerging nanotechnologies through an interdisciplinary approach utilizing insights from philosophy, ethics, and the social sciences. Acco...
Year: 2010
URL: 10.1007/s11569-010-0098-3

Authors: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies ; Fiorino, Daniel J.
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This report looks at a number of voluntary options available for the oversight of nanotechnology products and processes. The author looks voluntary initiatives for nanotechnology that have already been initiated, the partnerships th...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.nanotechproject.org/process/assets/files/8347/pen-19.pdf

Authors: Monica John C.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nanotechnology Law and Business
Abstract: The NanoSafety Consortium for Carbon is an industry-driven group formed to proactively address the potential environmental, health, safety and regulatory concerns related to the commercialization of its members' products. The articl...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.nanolawreport.com/nccart.pdf

Authors: Australian Government, Department of Health and Ageing
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This short report discusses the results of the 2008 National Industrial Notification and Assessment Scheme through with the Australian Government asked companies who imported or manufactured nanomaterials or products containing nano...
Year: 2010
URL: http://nicnas.gov.au/Publications/Information_Sheets/General_Information_Sheets/NIS_Results_Call_for_Information_2008_Nov_2010_PDF.pdf

Authors: United States, National Academy of Sciences
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This report from a workshop held in 2004 by the National Nanotechnology Initiative asked participants to take a high-level view of nanotechnology and development and to try and identify the broad scientific and technical challenges ...
Year: 2009
URL: http://www.nano.gov/NNI_research_directionsII.pdf

Authors: Watson, Elaine
Publication Type: Web Article
Secondary Title: Food Manufacture.co.uk
Abstract: The Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) has welcomed moves by the European Commission (EC) to develop a definition of nanomaterials for regulatory purposes, but raised some concerns about the draft definition currently o...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Regulation/Nano-definition-raises-as-many-questions-as-it-answers

Authors: Moses, Kara
Publication Type: Web Article
Secondary Title: The Ecologist
Abstract: A recent report released by the Friends of The Earth, "Nanotechnology, climate and ener...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/687110/industry_and_activists_clash_over_environmental_footprint_of_nanotechnology.html

Authors: Dawson, Kenneth ; Bridges, Jim ; de Jong, Wim ; European Commission, Scientific Committee for Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks ; Quinn, Bernadette ; Proykova, Ana ; Kreyling, Wolfgang ; Jenson, Keld Alstrup ; Gaffet, Eric ; Jung, Thomas ; Duncan, Ruth ; Chaudhry, Qasim
Publication Type: Report
Abstract: This publication, put out by the European Commission's Scientific Committee for Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks details why size should be the basis for the scientific definition of nanomaterials....
Year: 2010
URL: http://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/emerging/docs/scenihr_o_032.pdf
DOI: 10.2772/39703

Authors: Morris, Jeff ; Willis, Jim ; De Martinis, Domenico ; Hansen, Bjorn ; Laursen, Henrik ; Sintes, Juan Riego ; Kearns, Peter ; Gonzalez, Mar
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Nature Nanotechnology
Abstract: This article discusses the types of decisions facing government regulators as the look to science to inform decisions on environmental health and safety implications of nanotechnologies, as well as the new considerations that nanote...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2010.191

Authors: ETC Group
Publication Type: Report
Secondary Title: ETC Group Communique # 105
Abstract: Though the market for nanotechnology is currently soft, this report predicts that the nanotechnology industry will continue to expand, and that the lack of regulation of this industry is likely to have an extreme impact on the healt...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.etcgroup.org/upload/publication/pdf_file/nano_big4web.pdf