Review of the federal strategy for nanotechnology-related environmental, health, and safety research /

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 an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for Review of the Federal Strategy to Address Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Needs for Engineered Nanoscale Materials, National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council (U.S.). National Materials Advisory Board
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009.
Series:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Subjects:
Nanotechnology > Research > Government policy > United States.
Nanotechnology > Risk assessment > Government policy > United States.
Nanotechnology.
Risk assessment.
Nanotechnology
Risk Assessment
Public Policy
Safety Management
Nanotechnologie.
Évaluation du risque.
Nanotechnologie > Évaluation du risque > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
risk assessment.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Nanotechnology & MEMS.
Risk assessment
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The National Nanotechnology Initiative and the genesis of the environmental, health, and safety strategy
  • Elements of an effective nanotechnology risk-research strategy
  • Evaluation of the federal strategy
  • Review of high-priority research topics, research needs, and gap analysis
  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • Biographic information on the committee for review of the federal strategy to address environmental, health, and safety research needs for engineered nanoscale materials)
  • Statement of task
  • Workshop agendas of the National Research Council Committee for Review of the Federal Strategy to Address Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Needs for Engineered Nanoscale Materials.

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