Back in the mists of time, I was approached with a crazy proposition – would I help co-edit a book on nanotechnologies regulation! In a moment of weakness I said yes, and a little more than two and a half years later, the book is finally about to hit the shelves.
I actually think the resulting International Handbook on Regulating Nanotechnologies rather a useful, coherent and engaging collection of chapters – my co-editors Di Bowman and Graeme Hodge did a wonderful job encouraging a bunch of top thinkers in the field to write under occasionally whimsical but always relevant titles.
To whet your appetite prior to the book’s release sometime in November, here’s a sneak peak at the contents:
PART I: Concepts and Foundations
1. Introduction: the regulatory challenges for nanotechnologies
Graeme A. Hodge, Diana M. Bowman and Andrew D. Maynard
2. Philosophy of technoscience in the regime of vigilance
Alfred Nordmann
3. Tracing and disputing the story of nanotechnology
Chris Toumey
4. The age of regulatory governance and nanotechnologies
Roger Brownsword
PART II: Frameworks for Regulating Nanotechnologies
5. Nanotechnology captured
John Miles
6. The scientific basis for regulating nanotechnologies
David Williams
7. The current risk assessment paradigm in relation to the regulation of nanotechnologies
Qasim Chaudhry, Hans Bouwmeester and Rolf F. Hertel
8. Regulating risk: the bigger picture
Karinne Ludlow and Peter Binks
9. Producing safety or managing risks? How regulatory paradigms affect insurability
Thomas K. Epprecht
PART III: Case Studies in Regulating Nanotechnologies and Nano-Products
10. The evolving nanotechnology environmental, health, and safety landscape: A business perspective
Oliver Tassinari, Jurron Bradley and Michael Holman
11. Regulation of carbon nanotubes and other high aspect ratio nanoparticles: approaching this challenge from the perspective of asbestos
Robert J. Aitken, Sheona Peters, Alan D Jones and Vicki Stone
12. Approaching the nanoregulation problem in chemicals legislation in the EU and US
Markus Widmer and Christoph Meili
13. A good foundation? Regulatory oversight of nanotechnologies using cosmetics as a case study
Geert van Calster and Diana M. Bowman
14. Therapeutic products: regulating drugs and medical devices
Rogério Sá Gaspar
15. Regulatory perspectives on nanotechnologies in foods and food contact materials
Anna Gergely, Qasim Chaudhry and Diana M. Bowman
16. Regulation of nanoscale materials under media-specific environmental laws
Linda Breggin and John Pendergrass
17. Military applications: special conditions for regulation
Jürgen Altmann
18. Regulating nanotechnology through intellectual property rights
Gregory N. Mandel
PART IV: The Future Regulatory Landscape
19. The role of NGOs in governing nanotechnologies: challenging the ‘benefits versus risks’ framing of nanotech innovation
Georgia Miller and Gyorgy Scrinis
20. Voluntary measures in nanotechnology risk governance: the difficulty of holding the wolf by the ears
Christoph Meili and Markus Widmer
21. The role of risk management frameworks and certification bodies
Thorsten Weidl, Gerhard Klein and Rolf Zöllner
22. Risk governance in the field of nanotechnologies: core challenges of an integrative approach
Ortwin Renn and Antje Grobe
23. International coordination and cooperation: the next agenda in nanomaterials regulation
Robert Falkner, Linda Breggin, Nico Jaspers, John Pendergrass and Read Porter
24. Transnational regulation of nanotechnology: reality or romanticism?
Kenneth W. Abbott, Douglas J. Sylvester and Gary E. Marchant
25. From novel materials to next generation nanotechnology: a new approach to regulating the products of nanotechnology
J. Clarence Davies
PART V: Conclusion
26. Conclusions: triggers, gaps, risks and trust
Andrew D. Maynard, Diana M. Bowman and Graeme A. Hodge
More information on the International Handbook on Regulating Technologies can be found here. The anticipated publication date is late November.
I didn’t see a place on the site to order the book. This one is a must read for me! My consitutents (artists and theatrical workers) have been dealing with nanoparticles longer than any other group, although they are produced by physical processes such as fine grinding or combustion rather than growing them. Some of them are pigments in paints and cosmetics, dyes, a fraction of welding fume and pyrotechnic smoke.
Hi Mononoa,
The book can be pre-ordered from the following two links:
http://www.amazon.com/International-Handbook-Regulating-Nanotechnologies-Graeme/dp/184844673X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1287918741&sr=8-1
https://2020science.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Hodge-Int-Handbook-Nano.pdf
Cheers,
Andrew
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