by Andrew Maynard | Jan 11, 2012 | Emerging Technology, Environment, Nanotechnology, Policy, Technology Innovation
Cross-posted from the Risk Science Blog The World Economic Forum Global Risks Report is one of the most authoritative annual assessments of emerging issues surrounding risk currently produced. Now in its seventh edition, the 2012 report launched today draws on over...
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 18, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Oversight, Policy
The European Commission had just adopted a “cross-cutting designation of nanomaterials to be used for all regulatory purposes” (link). The definition builds on a draft definition released last year, but includes a number of substantial changes to this....
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 15, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Policy
This coming Thursday (Oct 20 2011), the US National Nanotechnology Initiative is releasing the latest version of the Initiative’s federal nanotechnology environmental, health and safety research strategy. The strategy will be available for download from 10:00...
by Andrew Maynard | Oct 10, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Policy
In his opening remarks at this year’s Summit on the Global Agenda, World Economic Forum founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab placed the need for new models to support effective use of technology innovation firmly on the table. This is the fourth year I...
by Andrew Maynard | Sep 6, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Policy, Regulation
Cross-posted from The Risk Science Blog: In a recent letter to the journal Nature (Nature 476; 399), Hermann Stamm of the European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (JRC-IHCP) defended the need to define engineered...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 22, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Oversight, Policy, Regulation
The materials that most current regulations were designed to handle are pretty simple by today’s standards. Sure they can do some nasty things to the environment or your body if handled inappropriately. And without a doubt some of the risks associated with these...
