International Handbook on Regulating Nanotechnologies

Edited by Graeme A. Hodge, Professor, Monash University, Australia, Diana M. Bowman, Arizona State University and Andrew D. Maynard, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University, US

’. . . this Handbook is an essential tool and guide to better comprehend nanotechnologies, and should be read by the full range of people involved in its development and governance. . . This is an important and timely publication, essential for all engaged in developing policy to manage this innovative, transformative and revolutionary technology.'

• Contents:PART I: CONCEPTS AND FOUNDATIONS1. Introduction: The Regulatory Challenges for NanotechnologiesGraeme A. Hodge, Diana M. Bowman and Andrew D. Maynard2. Philosophy of Technoscience in the Regime of VigilanceAlfred Nordmann3. Tracing and Disputing the Story of NanotechnologyChris Toumey 4. The Age of Regulatory Governance and Nanotechnologies Roger BrownswordPART II: FRAMEWORKS FOR REGULATING NANOTECHNOLOGIES 5. Nanotechnology CapturedJohn Miles 6. The Scientific Basis for Regulating NanotechnologiesDavid Williams7. The Current Risk Assessment Paradigm in Relation to the Regulation of NanotechnologiesQasim Chaudhry, Hans Bouwmeester and Rolf F. Hertel 8. Regulating Risk: The Bigger Picture Karinne Ludlow and Peter Binks9. Producing Safety or Managing Risks? How Regulatory Paradigms Affect InsurabilityThomas K. Epprecht PART III: CASE STUDIES IN REGULATING NANOTECHNOLOGIES AND NANO-PRODUCTS 10. The Evolving Nanotechnology Environmental, Health, and Safety Landscape: A Business PerspectiveOliver Tassinari, Jurron Bradley and Michael Holman 11. Regulation of Carbon Nanotubes and Other High Aspect Ratio Nanoparticles: Approaching this Challenge from the Perspective of AsbestosRobert J. Aitken, Sheona A.K. Peters, Alan D. Jones and Vicki Stone12. Approaching the Nanoregulation Problem in Chemicals Legislation in the EU and USMarkus Widmer and Christoph Meili13. A Good Foundation? Regulatory Oversight of Nanotechnologies Using Cosmetics as a Case Study Geert van Calster and Diana M. Bowman 14. Therapeutic Products: Regulating Drugs and Medical Devices Rogério Sá Gaspar15. Regulatory Perspectives on Nanotechnologies in Foods and Food Contact MaterialsAnna Gergely, Qasim Chaudhry and Diana M. Bowman16. Regulation of Nanoscale Materials under Media-specific Environmental LawsLinda K. Breggin and John Pendergrass 17. Military Applications: Special Conditions for RegulationJürgen Altmann18. Regulating Nanotechnology through Intellectual Property RightsGregory N. MandelPART IV: THE FUTURE REGULATORY LANDSCAPE 19. The Role of NGOs in Governing Nanotechnologies: Challenging the ‘Benefits versus Risks’ Framing of Nanotech InnovationGeorgia Miller and Gyorgy Scrinis20. Voluntary Measures in Nanotechnology Risk Governance: The Difficulty of Holding the Wolf by the EarsChristoph Meili and Markus Widmer21. The Role of Risk Management Frameworks and Certification BodiesThorsten Weidl, Gerhard Klein and Rolf Zöllner22. Risk Governance in the Field of Nanotechnologies: Core Challenges of an Integrative Approach Ortwin Renn and Antje Grobe23. International Coordination and Cooperation: The Next Agenda in Nanomaterials RegulationRobert Falkner, Linda K. Breggin, Nico Jaspers, John Pendergrass and Read Porter24. Transnational Regulation of Nanotechnology: Reality or Romanticism?Kenneth W. Abbott, Douglas J. Sylvester and Gary E. Marchant25. From Novel Materials to Next Generation Nanotechnology: A New Approach to Regulating the Products of Nanotechnology J. Clarence DaviesPART V: CONCLUSION 26. Conclusions: Triggers, Gaps, Risks and Trust Andrew D. Maynard, Diana M. Bowman and Graeme A. Hodge Index