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Is Maynard going over to the nano-dark side?

by Andrew Maynard | Feb 24, 2012 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Oversight, Regulation, Technology Innovation

A few weeks ago I spent some time chatting with Howard Lovy for an article for the Nanobusiness Commercialization Association.  That interview was posted by Vincent Caprio on his blog a few days ago, and raised a few eyebrows – was I showing signs of becoming a...

Define nanomaterials for regulatory purposes? EU JRC says yes.

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...

Seven challenges to regulating “sophisticated materials”

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...

Don’t define nanomaterials – new commentary in Nature and an early draft

by Andrew Maynard | Jul 6, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Oversight, Regulation

One of the problems with publishing in journals like Nature is that it can get a little pricey for people to read your work if they (or their organization) don’t subscribe.  For instance, if you want to read the commentary I’ve just had published on...

A nanotechnology regulation hat trick from the US federal government

by Andrew Maynard | Jun 10, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Nanotechnology, Oversight, Regulation, Technology Innovation

It must be Nanotechnology Regulation week in Washington DC.  Yesterday, two federal agencies and the White House released documents that grapple with the effective regulation of products that depend on engineered nanomaterials. In a joint memorandum, the Office of...

Regulating emerging technologies – Science & Public Participation top a new White House set of principles

by Andrew Maynard | Apr 16, 2011 | Emerging Technology, Oversight, Regulation

Cross-posted from The Risk Science Blog: Back in 2007 the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a set of “Principles for Nanotechnology Environmental, Health and Safety Oversight” (no longer available on the OSTP website it...
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