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Nanotechnology regulation - international approaches (Nanowerk, 5/25/09) |
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June 06, 2009 |
(Nanowerk Spotlight) A recent report (International Approaches to the Regulatory Governance of Nanotechnology – pdf download, 1 MB) from the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University in Canada gives an overview of how five jurisdictions (US, UK, EU, Australia and Canada) reacted to the recent emergence of nanotechnology-based products in the marketplace and it describes how this triggered activities in three domains: (a) public and stakeholder debate, (b) development of initial policy options, and (c) the management of regulatory development in a situation of scarce data.
The bulk of the report describes the current situation (up to March 2009) in the five jurisdictions and this part doesn't contain information that hasn't already been covered elsewhere. In analyzing this data, however, the authors (Jennifer Pelley and Marc Saner from the Regulatory Governance Initiative at Carleton University) make some interesting observations and attempt to develop a set of six key regulatory governance principles that they propose for consideration by regulators.
http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=10791.php
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