Nanotechnology : environmental, health and safety issues

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Nanotechnology : environmental, health and safety issues

William P. Peterson, editor

Nova Science, c2009

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

Nanotechnology -- a term encompassing nanoscale science, engineering, and technology -- is focused on understanding, controlling, and exploiting the unique properties of matter that can emerge at scales of one to 100 nanometers. A key issue before Congress regarding nanotechnology is how best to protect human health, safety, and the environment as nanoscale materials and products are researched, developed, manufactured, used, and discarded. While the rapidly emerging field of nanotechnology is believed by many to offer significant economic and societal benefits, some research results have raised concerns about the potential adverse environmental, health, and safety (EHS) implications of nanoscale materials. Potential detrimental effects of nanoscale materials and devices -- both real and perceived -- must be addressed to protect and improve human health, safety, and the environment; enable accurate and efficient risk assessment, risk management, and cost-benefit trade-offs; foster innovation and public confidence; and ensure that society can enjoy the widespread economic and societal benefits that nanotechnology may offer. This book examines those issues.

目次

  • Preface
  • Nanotechnology and Environmental, Health, and Safety: Issues for Consideration
  • Statement of Richard A. Denison, Environmental Defense Before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science and Technology at a Hearing on Research Environmental and Safety Impacts of Nanotechnology: Current Status of Planning and Implementation under the National Nanotechnology Initiative, October 31, 2007
  • Statement of the American Chemistry Council at the Hearing on Research on Environmental and Safety Impacts of Nanotechnology: Current Status of Planning and Implementation Under the National Nanotechnology Initiative, Paul D. Ziegler, ACC Nanotechnology Panel Before the House Committee on Science and Technology, October 31, 2007
  • United States House of Representatives, Committee on Science and Technology, Hearing on: "Research on Environmental and Safety Impacts of Nanotechnology: Current Status of Planning and Implementation under the National Nanotechnology Initiative
  • (Testimony of Andrew D. Maynard, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC)
  • Testimony to the House Subcommittee on Research and Science Education
  • (E. Clayton Teague, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, Hearing on Research on Environmental and Safety Impacts of Nanotechnology: Current Status of Planning and Implementation under the National Nanotechnology Initiative (October 31, 2007)
  • Index.

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