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International handbook on regulating nanotechnologies / editors, G.A. Hodge, D.M. Bowman, A.D. Maynard.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Elgar original reference.
- Elgar original reference
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nanostructured materials industry--Law and legislation.
- Nanostructured materials industry.
- Nanotechnology--Law and legislation.
- Nanotechnology.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (640 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- As scientists and technologists discover how to engineer matter at the nanoscale in increasingly sophisticated ways, conventional approaches to ensuring safe use are being brought into question. Nanotechnologies are challenging traditional regulatory regimes; but they are also prompting new thinking on developing and using emerging technologies safely. In this Handbook, leading international authors from industry, government, non-governmental organisations and academia examine the complex and often controversial regulatory challenges presented by nanotechnologies. Across several disciplinary b
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; PART I CONCEPTS ANDFOUNDATIONS; 1 Introduction: the regulatory challenges for nanotechnologies; 2 Philosophy of technoscience in the regime of vigilance; 3 Tracing and disputing the story of nanotechnology; 4 The age of regulatory governance and nanotechnologies; PART II FRAMEWORKSFOR REGULATING NANOTECHNOLOGIES; 5 Nanotechnology captured; 6 The scientific basis for regulating nanotechnologies; 7 The current risk assessment paradigm in relation to the regulation of nanotechnologies
- 8 Regulating risk: the bigger picture9 Producing safety or managing risks? How regulatory paradigms affect insurability; PART III CASE STUDIES IN REGULATING NANOTECHNOLOGIES AND NANO-PRODUCTS; 10 The evolving nanotechnology environmental, health, and safety landscape: a business perspective; 11 Regulation of carbon nanotubes and other high aspect ratio nanoparticles: approaching this challenge from the perspective of asbestos; 12 Approaching the nanoregulation problem in chemicals legislation in the EU and US
- 13 A good foundation? Regulatory oversight of nanotechnologies using cosmetics as a case study14 Therapeutic products: regulating drugs and medical devices; 15 Regulatory perspectives on nanotechnologies in foods and food contact materials; 16 Regulation of nanoscale materials under media-specific environmental laws; 17 Military applications: special conditions for regulation; 18 Regulating nanotechnology through intellectual property rights; PART IV THE FUTURERE GULATORY LANDSCAPE
- 19 The role of NGOs in governing nanotechnologies: challenging the 'benefits versus risks' framing of nanotech innovation20 Voluntary measures in nanotechnology risk governance: the difficulty of holding the wolf by the ears; 21 The role of risk management frameworks and certification bodies; 22 Risk governance in the field of nanotechnologies: core challenges of an integrative approach; 23 International coordination and cooperation: the next agenda in nanomaterials regulation; 24 Transnational regulation of nanotechnology: reality or romanticism?
- 25 From novel materials to next generation nanotechnology: a new approach to regulating the products of nanotechnologyPART V CONCLUSION; 26 Conclusions: triggers, gaps, risks and trust; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-90850-2
- 9786612908507
- 1-84980-812-0
- OCLC:
- 691224295
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