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4 Nanotechnology: Government Involvement
Pages 38-41

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... The United States, France, Japan, and Canada have centers and government agencies where they make assessments of the potential risks and benefits to human health posed by nanotechnology. During the workshop, there were presentations on work by the United States and Canadian governments in the area of nanotechnology.
From page 39...
... Therefore, a chemical-by-chemical risk assessment approach will not be effective. Thus, there is a need for government to update risk assessment methodologies via multidisciplinary approach with industry, different levels of government, and broad scientific input.
From page 40...
... All the technologies that are being developed will produce large amounts of data; thus, scientists will need to develop new computational tools that can be used to refine the data collection, storage, analysis, and dissemination. They will also need to start focusing on real-time risk assessment to be able to make realtime decisions that will better prepare ourselves and the public for any potential exposure, noted Suk.
From page 41...
... Regulation According to Teague, the government has active efforts under way, involving all the regulatory agencies as well as research agencies, examining the degree to which the existing statutes cover the risk that we might be having from nanoscale materials. Furthermore, federal laboratories, academia, and industry are conducting research into how the new nanoscale materials -- especially nanoengineered materials -- may or may not differ from the ones that have already been researched, such as ultrafine particles and other materials that have been in our environment for a long time.


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