Nanotechnology: Risk, Ethics and Law
Geoffrey Hunt (St Mary's University College, London, UK) and
Michael D. Mehta (University of Saskatchewan, Canada) (eds)
Earthscan, London, June 2006
Hardback: ISBN 1-84407-358-0
Paperback edition: May 2008
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CONTENTS
List of Tables
Preface and Acknowledgments
Acronyms and Abbreviations
1 Introduction: The Challenge of Nanotechnology
Hunt, G and Mehta, M.
Part One: Introducing Nanotechnology
2 Nanotechnology: From 'Wow' to 'Yuck'?
Kulinowski, K.
3 Nanotechnology: From Feynman to Funding
Drexler, K.E.
4 Microsystems and Nanoscience for Biomedical Applications: A
View to the Future.
Pilarski L.M., Mehta M.D., Caulfield T., Kaler K.V.I.S. and Backhouse C.J.
5 Nanotechnoscience and Complexity: The Case for Nanology
Hunt, G.
Part Two: Regional Developments
6 Nanotechnologies in Japan
Matsuda M., Hunt G. and Obayashi O.
7 Nanotechnologies in USA
Mills, K.
8 Nanotechnologies in Europe
Hunt, G.
9 Nanotechnologies in Canada
Goldenberg, L.
Part Three: Benefits and Risks
10 From Biotechnology to Nanotechnology: What Can We Learn from Earlier Technologies?
Mehta, M.D.
11 Getting Nanotechnology Right the First Time
Balbus, J., Denison, R., Florini, K., Walsh, S.
12 Risk Management and Regulation in an Emerging Technology.
Clift, R.
13 Nanotechnology and nanoparticle toxicity: a case for precaution
Howard, C.V. and Ikah, D.S.K.
14 The Future of Nanotechnology in Food Science and Nutrition: Can Science Predict its Safety?
Pusztai, A. and Bardocz, S.
Part Four: Ethics and Public Understanding
15 The Global Ethics of Nanotechnology
Hunt, G.
16 Going Public: Risk, Trust and the Public Understanding of Nanotechnologies
Barnett, J., Carr, A. and Clift, R.
17 Dwarfing the Social? Nanotechnology Lessons from the Biotechnology Front
Einsiedel E.F. and Goldenberg, L.
Part Five: Law and Regulation
18 Nanotechnologies and the Law of Patents: A Collision Course
Vaidhyanathan, S.
19 Nanotechnologies and Civil Liability
Hannah, A. and Hunt, G.
20 Nanotechnologies and the Ethical Conduct of Research Involving Human Subjects
Sheremeta, L.
21 Nanotechnologies and Corporate Criminal Liability
Wells, C. and Elias, J.
Conclusion:
22 What Makes Nanotechnology Special?
Mehta, M and Hunt, G.
Glossary
Index
REVIEWS
1) Health, Risk and Society (Taylor & Francis) June 2007, 9(2) 229-235.
2) Reviewed by the BioCentre: The Centre for Bioethics and Public Policy, (London), 2007.
Review online at: http://www.bioethics.ac.uk/index.php?do=news&rid=61
3) Aaron R Petty, 'An Invitation to Debate', Nanotechnology Law & Business, 2007, 4(2) pp 237-241. See: http://www.nanolabweb.com/
4) M. Fosmire (Purdue University) Choice (2007) "This resource provides a much-needed general introduction to the social, safety, and ethical aspects of nanotechnology. ...Summing Up: Recommended."
5) Recommended by Ralp Nader (consumer rights activist, and ex-US presidential candidate) in his Summer Reading List 2007.
It has appeared on http://www.nader.org and http://www.counterpunch.org.
No 9. 'Nanotechnology-Risk, Ethics and Law' edited by Geoffrey Hunt and
Michael Mehta (Earthscan, 2007). Nader says: "The latest volume, in a series of Science in Society produced by the James Martin Institute at Oxford University, provides an excellent overview for interested citizens - and we better get up to speed on this portentous, unregulated, largely invisible technology - as nanotechnology moves swiftly into consumer and other commercial products and begins what editor Hunt calls "the journey of finding its space within the social imaginary."
6) More reviews are in press.
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