Posted in Regulations on April 20, 2006
April 20, 2006 CTA submitted written comments on the White Paper with several other groups in January 2006. These comments supplement and expand that earlier statement. The EPA panel’s charge includes the question of what issues were not adequately addressed in the White Paper. CTA believes one overarching issue stands out in its absence: While the scientific […]
Posted in Regulations on March 26, 2006
March 28, 2006 In March 2006, CTA Policy Analyst Jaydee Hanson spoke at the Nano and Bio in Society Conference in Chicago and chaired a panel on the ethics of nanotechnology and needed regulations for nanomaterials. The power power of his speech details necessary tests that nanomaterials should be subjected to PRIOR to their commercial […]
Posted in Legislation on February 15, 2006
February 15, 2006 Despite greatly increased federal funding for nanotechnology research, comparatively little funding is provided for the review of the social, ethical, and environmental effects of nanotechnologies. This letter was sent to every Member of Congress, urging an increase in funding for research on the social, environmental, and ethical aspects of these new technologies.
Posted in Regulations on January 31, 2006
January 31, 2006 CTA and several other public interest groups filed the following comments in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Nanotechnology White Paper (December 2005). The agency paper lacks adequate policy recommendations to regulate the unique risks of engineered nanoparticles. New nano-specific legislation must be enacted to address these human health and environmental risks; […]
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