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Small Matter or Big Risk: Nanotechnology and Environmental Public Health

February 28, 2006

On this call we discussed how nanotechnology is defined, the science behind its human health effects, the uses of nanomaterials, nanotech regulation issues, and the future implications of this modern technology. 

Call Transcripts and MP3 Recording 


Resources and Background

Getting Nanotechnology Right The First Time
(PDF)
John Balbus, Richard Denison, Karen Florini, and Scott Walsh
From the National Academy of Sciences policy journal, Issues in Science and Technology.

Nanotechnology: Looking As We Leap (PDF)
A comprehensive news feature by Ernie Hood,
Environmental Health Perspectives: Vol. 112, Number 13, September 2004.

Nanotoxicology: An Emerging Discipline Evolving from Studies of Ultrafine Particles (PDF) Gunter Oberdorster, Eva Oberdorster, and Jan Oberdorster,
Environmental Health Perspectives: Vol. 113, Number 7, July 2005.
Also available in HTML

Airborne Nanostructured Particles and Occupational Health
Andrew D. Maynard and Eileen D. Kuempel
Journal of Nanoparticle Research: Vol. 7, Number 6, December 2005.

Organizational Sign-On Letter to the Senate and House Appropriations Committee, February 2006. 

Nanotechnology Brief, prepared by the Center for Environmental Health and the International Center for Technology Assessment.

Testimony of David Rejeski to the United States House of Representatives Committee on Science for the hearing on "Environmental and Safety Impacts of Nanotechnology: What Research is Needed?" November, 2005. 

Exercise Caution When Using "Nano-Sealing Sprays" Containing a Propellant, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment in Germany, 2006.

Useful Links 

Environmental Defense on Nanotechnology

Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies of the

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Upcoming Events 

Nanotechnology in Food and Agriculture: Assessing the commercial opportunities of nanotech, generating investment and examining the prospects for future regulation, 6 - 7 June, 2006, Washington DC

 

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