Nanotechnology News

May 2008

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May 8, 2008

DEFRA has published a summary of work underway to help ensure the responsible development of nanotechnologies. The summary notes of 140 organizations contacted only nine facilities have volunteered to provide information about the nanomaterials they make.

DEFRA
Nanotechnology Research Coordination Group (NRCG)
Note of the 14th Meeting
The fourteenth meeting of the NRCG was held on 7 April 2008. It was
attended by representatives from across Government Departments,
Regulatory Agencies and the Research Councils. (May 8, 2008)

HEAL Factsheet
NANOTECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH RISKS

Committee on Science and Technology
Full Committee Markup - H.R. 5940 [Scheduled]
National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008

Bill Number HR 5940

May 1, 2008

The European Commisson is proposing to upate the approvals process for novel foods, and includes foods made with nanotechnology or cloning to be novel. The Agency has issued a consultation on the proposals.

Too much nanotechnology may be killing beneficial bacteria.

Governance and Ethics of Nanotechnology
First conference on the Recommendation of the European Commission 
on a Code of Conduct for Responsible Nanosciences 
and Nanotechnologies Research

April 29, 2008

DEFRA
An Assessment of Regulatory Testing Strategies and Methods for Characterizing the Ecotoxicological Hazards of Nanomaterials (Expanded Report)

Senate Committee - Science, Technology, and Innovation Hearing
National Nanotechnology Initiative: Charting the Course for Reauthorization
Science, Technology, and Innovation
Thursday, April 24, 2008

Project on Emerging Technologies
New Nanotech Products Hitting the Market at the Rate of 3-4 Per Week
Nanotechnology Consumer Products Are in Your Mouth and On Your Face

International Council on Nanotechnology
Launches Global Research Needs Assessment Thursday May 1, 2008 - 2 to 3 PM

Environmental Defense (Blog)
EPA Nano Authority under TSCA, Part 1: It All Depends on What “New” Means April 22, 2008
Richard Denison

GAO Report
Nanotechnology: Accuracy of Data on Federally Funded Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Could be Improved

The Nanoethics Group
Publishes nanotechnology anthology with Springer

April 21, 2008

Europe Spends Nearly Twice as Much as U.S. on Nanotech Risk Research
Assessment of 2006 Funding Shows U.S. Lags in Highly Relevant Nano Risk Research Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN)

National Nanotechnology Initiative: Charting the Course for Reauthorization Science, Technology, and Innovation
Thursday, April 24, 2008 02:30 PM

Joint Meeting of the Chemicals Committee and the Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology
Current Developments/ Activities on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials/ Nanotechnologies

House Science & Technology Committee
Committee Moves Forward On Nanotechnology Reauthorization
(April 16, 2008)

President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
THE NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE: Second Assessment and Recommendations of the National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel (April 2008)

1 PEN 1 - Room at the Bottom?
Potential State and Local Strategies for Managing the Risks and Benefits of Nanotechnology  Suellen Keiner (March 2008)

Manufactured Buckyballs Don't Harm Microbes That Clean The Environment, Study Shows

Nanotechnology in The Environment: Making Sure Wonder Materials Don't Become Wonder Pollutants

April 4, 2008

VCI (German Chemical Industry Association). (February 2008). Requirements of the REACH Regulation on Substances which are Manufactured or Imported also as Nanomaterials. Report

Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
Regulating Emering Technologies in Silicon Valley and Beyond
 (April 2008)

Lewinski, N; Colvin, V; Drezek, R. (January 2008). Cytotoxicity of nanoparticles. Small, 4(1): 26-49. Abstract

Helland, A., Scheringer, M. et al. (2008). Risk Assessment of Engineered Nanomaterials: A Survey of Industrial Approaches. Environ. Sci. Technol., 42(2): 640–646. Abstract.

Hannah, W; Thompson, PB. (2008). Nanotechnology, risk and the environment: a review. Journal of environmental m