Nanotechnology Risk, Ethics and Law.pdf

Contents

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes

viii

List of Contributors

Preface and Acknowledgements

xvi

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

1 Introduction: The Challenge of Nanotechnologies

Geoﬀrey Hunt and Michael D. Mehta

Part One Introducing Nanotechnology

2 Nanotechnology: From ‘Wow’ to ‘Yuck’?

Kristen Kulinowski

3 Nanotechnology: From Feynman to Funding

K. Eric Drexler

4 Microsystems and Nanoscience for Biomedical

Applications: A View to the Future

Linda M. Pilarski, Michael D. Mehta, Timothy Caulﬁeld,

Karan V. I. S. Kaler and Christopher J. Backhouse

5 Nanotechnoscience and Complex Systems: The Case for

Nanology

Geoﬀrey Hunt

Part Two Regional Developments

6 Nanotechnologies and Society in Japan

Matsuda Masami, Geoﬀrey Hunt and Obayashi Masayuki

7 Nanotechnologies and Society in the USA

Kirsty Mills

8 Nanotechnologies and Society in Europe

Geoﬀrey Hunt

vi Nanotechnology

9 Nanotechnologies and Society in Canada

105

Linda Goldenberg

Part Three Beneﬁts and Risks

10 From Biotechnology to Nanotechnology: What Can We

Learn from Earlier Technologies?

121

Michael D. Mehta

11 Getting Nanotechnology Right the First Time

130

John Balbus, Richard Denison, Karen Florini and Scott Walsh

12 Risk Management and Regulation in an Emerging

Technology

140

Roland Clift

13 Nanotechnology and Nanoparticle Toxicity: A Case

for Precaution

154

C. Vyvyan Howard and December S. K. Ikah

14 The Future of Nanotechnology in Food Science and

Nutrition: Can Science Predict its Safety?

167

Part Four Ethics and Public Understanding

15 The Global Ethics of Nanotechnology

183

Geoﬀrey Hunt

16 Going Public: Risk, Trust and Public Understanding

of Nanotechnologies

196

Julie Barnett, Anna Carr and Roland Clift

17 Dwarﬁng the Social? Nanotechnology Lessons from

the Biotechnology Front

213

Edna F. Einsiedel and Linda Goldenberg

Part Five Law and Regulation

18 Nanotechnologies and the Law of Patents: A Collision

Course

225

Siva Vaidhyanathan

19 Nanotechnologies and Civil Liability

237

Alan Hannah and Geoﬀrey Hunt

A ´ rpa´d Pusztai and Susan Bardocz

Contents vii

20 Nanotechnologies and the Ethical Conduct of Research

Involving Human Subjects

247

Lorraine Sheremeta

21 Nanotechnologies and Corporate Criminal Liability

259

Celia Wells and Juanita Elias

Part Six Conclusion

22 What Makes Nanotechnologies Special?

273

Michael D. Mehta and Geoﬀrey Hunt

Appendix: Measurement Scales and Glossary

282

Index

289

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