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International handbook on regulating nanotechnologies

Title
International handbook on regulating nanotechnologies / editors, Graeme A. Hodge, Diane M. Bowman, Andrew D. Maynard.
ISBN
9781848446731 (hbk.)
184844673X (hbk.)
Published
Cheltenham, UK : Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2010.
Physical Description
xxviii, 611 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Other formats
Online version: International handbook on regulating nanotechnologies. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2010
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 04, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The regulatory challenges for nanotechnologies
Philosophy of technoscience in the regime of vigilance
Tracing and disputing the story of nanotechnology
The age of regulatory governance and nanotechnologies
Nanotechnology captured
The scientific basis for regulating nanotechnologies
The current risk assessment paradigm in relation to the regulation of nanotechnologies
Regulating risk: the bigger picture
Producing safety or managing risks? How regulatory paradigms affect insurability
The evolving nanotechnology environmental, health, and safety landscape: a business perspective
Regulation of carbon nanotubes and other high aspect ratio nanoparticles: approaching this challenge from the perspective of asbestos
Approaching the nanoregulation problem in chemicals legislation in the EU and US
A good foundation? Regulatory oversight of nanotechnologies using cosmetics as a case study
Therapeutic products: regulating drugs and medical devices
Regulatory perspectives on nanotechnologies in foods and food contact materials
Regulation of nanoscale materials under media-specific environmental laws
Military applications: special conditions for regulation
Regulating nanotechnology through intellectual property rights
The role of NGOs in governing nanotechnologies: challenging the "benefits versus risks" framing of nanotech innovation
Voluntary measures in nanotechnology risk governance: the difficulty of holding the wolf by the ears
The role of risk management frameworks and certification bodies
Risk governance in the field of nanotechnologies: core challenges of an integrative approach
International coordination and cooperation: the next agenda in nanomaterials regulation
Transnational regulation of nanotechnology: reality or romanticism?
From novel materials to next generation nanotechnology: a new approach to regulating the products of nanotechnology.
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