Description: International Handbook on Regulating NanotechnologiesAuthor(s): Graeme A. Hodge, Diana M. Bowman, Andrew D. Maynard Format: Hardback Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd ISBN-13: 9781848446731, 978-1848446731 Synopsis 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.
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Book Title: International Handbook on Regulating Nanotechnologies
Number of Pages: 640 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: International Handbook on Regulating Nanotechnologies
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing LTD
Publication Year: 2010
Item Height: 234 mm
Type: Textbook
Author: Andrew D. Maynard, Graeme A. Hodge, Diana M. Bowman
Subject Area: Nanotechnology
Item Width: 156 mm
Format: Hardcover
