| International Handbook on Regulating Nanotechnologies Contributor(s): Hodge, Graeme A. (Editor), Bowman, Diana M. (Editor), Maynard, Andrew D. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 184844673X ISBN-13: 9781848446731 Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing OUR PRICE: $293.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Science & Technology - Technology & Engineering |
| Dewey: 343.078 |
| LCCN: 2010925965 |
| Physical Information: 640 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 boundaries, they explore how the future regulatory landscape may evolve. From the Europe Union to the United States, workplaces to personal products, and statutory instruments through to softer approaches, it is clear that considerable vigilance will be needed in governing these powerful and novel technologies. To succeed, society will need new thinking, new partnerships and new mechanisms to balance the benefits of these technologies against their possible downsides. Anything less will prompt cries of illegitimacy and potentially compromise a promising new realm of technology innovation. |