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AVICENN (Association de Veille et d’Information Civique sur les Enjeux des Nanosciences et des Nanotechnologies), est destinée à favoriser les échanges entre les citoyens au sujet des « nanos ». Son objectif est d’obtenir la transparence et la démocratisation des choix concernant la recherche, le développement, la commercialisation et l’utilisation des nanotechnologies et nanomatériaux.

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Measuring Engineered Nanomaterials in the Environment: A Consortium View of How to Address the Problem

By Raymond M. David. Environmental Engineering Science. March 2013, 30(3): 97-100

The reviews of the science that follow, initiated by the ICEMN organization and led by specific ICEMN members, are an approach to use. It is presented as a guide to regulatory scientists and others who are not engaged in direct research, but have a [...]

NABIIT: Independent peer review panel strongly recommends continuation of research programme

By The Danish Council for Strategic Research and  The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation

Date of publication: Mar 06, 2013

An independent, international peer review panel has carried out an evaluation of the programme “Interdisciplinary Use of Nanotechnology, Biotechnology and Information and Communication Technology” (NABIIT) funded by the Danish Council for Strategic Research…

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Nanoparticles in the Environment: Tiny Size, Large Consequences?

By Lesley Evans Ogden. BioScience Vol. 63,No.3,March 2013

…nanomaterial research and development has outpaced the advances in knowledge about environmental impacts. Less than 1 percent of the published nanoparticle literature is focused on biological impacts. One such area of research is the effect of nanoparticles on aquatic life…

Source: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/bio.2013.63.3.17

Toward a comprehensive framework for nanomaterials: An interdisciplinary assessment of the current Environmental Health and Safety Regulation regarding the handling of carbon nanotubes

By Caroline Burkhard Golin, Thomas Bougher, Anne Mallow, Baratunde Cola.  Journal of Chemical Health and Safety . 13 March 2013

This research finds that  a critical failure in the assessment and classification processes is the insufficient testing framework for classifying environmental health and safety (EHS) risk. In large part, this is due to relative novelty [...]

From Cradle-To-Grave At The Nanoscale: Expert Risk Perceptions, Decision-Analysis, And Life Cycle Regulation For Emerging Nanotechnologies

By Christian Earl Henry Beaudrie .   February 2013

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of  Doctor of philosophy in the Faculty of Graduate Studies (Resource Management and Environmental Studies) the University of British Columbia Vancouver.

This thesis investigates the challenges that nanotechnologies pose for risk regulation, and aims to [...]

Identifying Uncertainty in Environmental Risk Assessments: The Development of a Novel Typology and Its Implications for Risk Characterisation

By Daniel J.C. & al    Edited by Taylor & Francis Online. Posted online: 01 Mar 2013

Environmental risk analysts need to draw from a clear typology of uncertainties when qualifying risk estimates and/or significance statements about risk. However  categorisations of uncertainty within existing typologies are largely overlapping, contradictory, and subjective, and many typologies are not designed [...]

Regulation by Means of Standardization: Key Legitimacy Issues of Health and Safety Nanotechnology Standards

By Evisa Kica* and Diana M. Bowman . 53 Jurimetrics J. 11–56 (2012).

This article analyzes the potential and the legitimacy implications of the standardization activities related to health and safety nanotechnology standards. In particular, it explores how the regulatory activities of the nanotechnology standardization developments can be analyzed and evaluated from the viewpoint of legitimacy.

Source:http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/Jurimetrics/_______/kica_bowman.authcheckdam.pdf

 

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Integrating Ethics and Policy Into Nanotechnology Education

By Gorman, Michael E. & al. Journal of Nano Education, Volume 4, Numbers 1-2, March 2013 , pp. 25-32

This paper provides guidance on introducing societal and ethical dimensions of nanotechnology into the curriculum.

Source:http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/jne/2013/00000004/F0020001/art00004

 

 

Visualizing Science Fiction and relating it to Science Fact

By Laura Bowater,  Christine Cornea & Richard P. Bowater (University of East Anglia, UK) © Biochemical Society, December 2012

In this article, the authors  critique science fiction film in terms of ‘reel’ versus real science, highlighting how it illustrates scientific advances that are important in nanobiotechnology, molecular biology and biochemistry.

Source:https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/40739/1/Visualising_Science_Fiction_Bowater_Biochemist_Dec_2012.pdf