NANOTECHNOLOGIES: A PRELIMINARY RISK ANALYSIS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD.3

LIST OF WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS7

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY11

INTRODUCTION13

PART 1: WORKSHOP OUTCOMES.15

1. PRELIMINARY RISK ANALYSIS17

1.1. Overview17

1.1.1 Hazard identification.17

1.1.1.1 Clarifications.18 1.1.1.2 Concerns 18

1.1.1.2.1 Toxicology and ecotoxicology18

1.1.1.2.2 Ethics .19

1.1.1.2.3 Security .20

1.1.1.3 Limits 21

1.1.2 Policy options evoked during the meeting22

1.1.3 Twelve recommendations from experts at the workshop24

1.2. Options for future policies identified by the workshop secretariat27

2. GENERAL STATEMENT ON NANOTECHNOLOGIES33

3. CONCEPT NOTE ON A HAZARD TRIGGER ALGORITHM AS A POTENTIAL PRIORITIZATION

TOOL FOR USE BY REGULATORS.35

PART 2: DOCUMENTS PRODUCED AND CIRCULATED PRIOR TO 1 MARCH 2004.37

1. COLLECTION OF SHORT CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE INVITED EXPERTS.39

Security Problems from Nanotechnology Jürgen Altmann.39

Moving the nanoscience and technology (NST) debate forwards Short-term impacts, long-term

uncertainty and the social constitution Alexander Arnall* and Douglass Parr**.43

A need for integrated testing of products in Nanotechnology Paul J.A. Borm and Wolfgang

Kreyling.47

Engineered anomaterials and risks: One perspective Vicki Colvin.49

Mapping Out Nano Risks. Some considerations on possible toxicity W.H. de Jong51

Complexity and Uncertainty A Prudential Approach To Nanotechnology Jean-Pierre Dupuy71

Nano Ethics Primer Göran Hermerén,.95

Nanotechnology - From the insurers' perspective Annabelle R. Hett . 103

A briefing note on Nanoparticles C.Vyvyan Howard105

Mapping Out Nano Risks Lutz Mädler 109

Social Imagination for Nanotechnology Alfred Nordmann 111

Emerging Concepts in Nanoparticle (NP) Toxicology G. Oberdörster,.115

“Mapping Out Nano Risks” M.A.Pierotti.117

Mapping out Nano Risks Jos Put.119

Public Perception of Nanotechnology Ortwin Renn123

Risks and Ethical Challenges of Nanotechnology in Healthcare D.G. Rickerby.127

Towards an appropriate corporate and public governance of Nano Risks :

Promoting and strengthening a multilateral approach Françoise Roure.131

Nanotechnology and its implications M E Welland135

2. TERMS OF REFERENCE.137

3. AGENDA143