Author: Commission of the European CommunitiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Towards a European Strategy for Nanotechnology
Author: Commission of the European CommunitiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Towards a European Strategy for Nanotechnology
Author: Commission of the European CommunitiesPublisher:
ISBN: 9789289476867
Category : Nanotechnology
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
The European Strategy for Nanotechnology and the Nanotechnology Action Plan
Author: The EU and Nanotechnologies
Author: Tanja EhnertPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 150990851X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This book investigates the role of law in confronting major societal transformations embodied by the emergence of nanotechnologies. Taking the case of the European Union, it explores who the key decision-makers in the regulation of nanotechnologies are and how they take decisions. The questions are explored through two distinct case studies: the food and chemicals sectors. The book charts an incremental retreat of the European Union to its executive powers, including 'soft law' measures such as agencies' guidelines or implementing measures. This, the author argues, results in the Union's fundamental democratic control mechanisms, the EU legislature and the Court of Justice of the EU, being circumvented. The book recommends several immediate proposals to reform EU risk regulation, advocating a greater reliance on the European Parliament and outlining measures to increase the transparency of guidance drafting by EU agencies. This important work provides a timely examination of how emerging technologies pose both regulatory and democratic challenges.
Review of the Federal Strategy for Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, Health, and Safety Research
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309116996
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
This new book from the National Research Council finds serious weaknesses in the government's plan for research on the potential health and environmental risks posed by nanomaterials, which are increasingly being used in consumer goods and industry. An effective national plan for identifying and managing potential risks is essential to the successful development and public acceptance of nanotechnology-enabled products. The book recommends a robust national strategic plan for addressing nanotechnology-related EHS risks, which will need to focus on promoting research that can assist all stakeholders, including federal agencies, in planning, controlling, and optimizing the use of engineered nanomaterials while minimizing EHS effects of concern to society. Such a plan will ensure the timely development of engineered nanoscale materials that will bring about great improvements in the nation's health, its environmental quality, its economy, and its security.
Consumers and Nanotechnology
Author: Harald Throne-HolstPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9814364347
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
In recent years, questions about democratic influence on science and technology have received much attention. The lesson from the European unrest over GMO is that consumer-citizens will react negatively to being forced to accept the introduction of new, partly untested technologies. A number of political bodies have started to involve citizens and
Review of the Federal Strategy for Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, Health, and Safety Research
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309185831
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
This new book from the National Research Council finds serious weaknesses in the government's plan for research on the potential health and environmental risks posed by nanomaterials, which are increasingly being used in consumer goods and industry. An effective national plan for identifying and managing potential risks is essential to the successful development and public acceptance of nanotechnology-enabled products. The book recommends a robust national strategic plan for addressing nanotechnology-related EHS risks, which will need to focus on promoting research that can assist all stakeholders, including federal agencies, in planning, controlling, and optimizing the use of engineered nanomaterials while minimizing EHS effects of concern to society. Such a plan will ensure the timely development of engineered nanoscale materials that will bring about great improvements in the nation's health, its environmental quality, its economy, and its security.
A European Strategy for Jobs and Growth
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union CommitteePublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 0104008318
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
This report by the European Union Committee examines the progress of the European Union in initiating a strategy for jobs and growth across the Community as a whole. The background to this report stems from the Spring European Council meeting in 2000, in Lisbon, and the launch of an economic reform agenda. The Committee observes that since the "Lisbon Agenda", little progress has been made and the performance of many of the larger European economies has been poor. The Committee has noted that certain worrying signs of protectionist behaviour have developed, especially regarding barriers of cross border mergers. The EU has recognized this weak performance and the Agenda was relaunched in 2005, with a greater focus on the key economic priorities of more growth and jobs. Also, all Member States are now required to produce an annual National Action Plan highlighting the policies being pursued to improve economic growth and increase employment. The Committee sets out a number of recommendations to further push forward the priorities of growth and jobs, including: that the Commission should seek to complete the progress towards an internal market; that Member States should influence one another in the development of good practice through statistical comparison of their economic progress, and agree on quantifiable targets; that the format of the National Action Plans should include not only the successes, but where countries are underperforming; that the Agenda be given a higher public profile.
In Pursuit of Nanoethics
Author: Bert GordijnPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402068174
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The volume contributes to the ongoing nanoethics debate in four topical areas. The first part tackles questions of what could be called ‘meta-nanoethics’. Its focus lies on basic concepts and the issue of what - if anything - is truly novel and special about the new field of nanoethics or its subject matter. The second part of this volume presents a selection of interesting perspectives on some of the opportunities and challenges of nanotechnology. Part three takes a more in depth look at one of the most pressing current concerns: how to deal with the risks and uncertainties surrounding nanotechnology in a responsible manner. In its fourth and final part the volume touches on issues of public debate and policy.
Governing Nanotechnology Safety
Author: Ronit Justo-HananiPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1800372876
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Examining one of the fastest growing industries in the world, Ronit Justo-Hanani compares the distinctly different approaches between both sides of the Atlantic when regulating the health, safety and environmental risks of nanotechnology and its novel properties.