Policy
- news/archive April 27, 2006 Nanotech Safety 101 or How to Avoid the Next Little Accident
- news/archive April 25, 2006 NPR: Health, Safety and the Future of Nanotechnology On Tuesday April 25th, 2006 Project staff David Rejeski, Julia Moore and Evan Michelson were guests on NPR’s Tech Tuesday show. audio
- events/archive April 6, 2006 Workshop Brings Together Scientists to Discuss Engineered Nanomaterials and Human Health Hazards
- news/archive March 13, 2006 NPR: Safety of Nano-Cosmetics Questioned “Morning Edition, March 13, 2006 — Andrew Maynard doesn’t wear makeup. But lately, buying beauty cream and lip gloss is part of his job. Maynard is the science advisor for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The center has just put up a new Web site with a searchable list of 212 commercially available nano-products. Thirty-one of those products are cosmetics.” audio
- events/archive March 10, 2006 First Nanotechnology Consumer Products Inventory Available to Public From laptop computers to sunscreens to stain-resistant clothing, nanotechnology is gaining ground in the consumer products marketplace. video
- news/archive March 1, 2006 E&ETV: RFF’s J. Clarence Davies Explains the Need for New Nanotech Law The White House’s most recent budget request included more funding to study health and environmental questions related to nanotechnology. But some experts say lawmakers in Congress need to go a step further and pass new legislation to regulate the emerging field. video
- events/archive February 23, 2006 Nanotechnology & NIOSH: Perspectives from Director John Howard With the National Science Foundation predicting that by 2015 nanotechnology will have a $1 trillion impact on the global economy and employ 2 million workers, it is critical to develop the research data necessary to maintain safe American workplaces. video
- news/archive January 18, 2006 NPR: Rejeski Explores “The Brave New World of Nanotechnology” What are the benefits and possible risks of Nanotechnology? What about oversight and accountability? audio
- publications/archive January 11, 2006 Managing the Effects of Nanotechnology
- events/archive January 11, 2006 Getting Nanotech Right: A New Report on Government Oversight of Nanotechnology Release of a new report, Managing the Effects of Nanotechnology video
- news/archive December 16, 2005 NPR: Rejeski Explores Where We Stand in the World Of Nanotechnology audio
- events/archive December 14, 2005 Nanotechnology and the Media: Realities and Risk Nanotechnology is in the marketplace—in cars, computer chips and cosmetics. It’s featured in popular films and sci-fi books. It’s trendy with venture capitalists, and it’s at the heart of major industry and university research centers. But how is nanotechnology covered in the media? Does the press propagate nano-hype? Do journalists focus more on nano’s risks than its benefits? Is the content and quality of U.S. reporting on nanotech similar to reporting abroad? video
- publications/archive November 30, 2005 Nanotechnology and Human Health Impact A Framework for Strategic Research
- publications/archive November 29, 2005 Nanotechnology - How Much EH&S Research is Enough
- events/archive November 29, 2005 First Inventory of Government Supported Research on Environmental, Health, and Safety Impacts of Nanotechnology This inventory will offer policymakers, researchers, corporations, and others their first opportunity to better assess publicly funded research. video
