The nanotechnology challenge
Subtitle: creating legal institutions for uncertain risks
By: [edited by] David A. Dana
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
ISBN-13: 9780521767385
Subjects: Economic aspect; Nanotechnology; Nanostructured materials industry; LAW / General; Law and legislation; Environmental aspects; Risk perception
Description: "This book is about nanotechnology, very tiny substances that are manipulated to act in all sorts of extraordinary ways, and that many think have or are about to usher in the next industrial revolution. The focus of the book is how society can continue to reap economic and other benefits from nanotechnology, while addressing the possible risk to human and the environment from nanotechnology. Leading scholars offer a range of solutions to the challenge of regulating nanotechnology in a way that allows for continued fast innovation worldwide while making certain we limit or avoid the possible harms from nanotechnology"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.