Publications

Project Papers

• February 26, 2008 Application of the Toxics Release Inventory to Nanomaterials PEN Brief No. 2 This research brief examines whether the legal authorities that establish the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) in the Emergency Planning and Community-Right to-Know Act (EPCRA) could be applied to nanomaterials. Although several organizations have published analyses of whether specific environmental laws could be used to regulate nanomaterials, none of these reviews has examined EPCRA or TRI in any detail. Linda K. Breggin and Read D. Porter
• February 19, 2008 Applying the Chemical Policy Options to Emerging Technologies and Materials: Adaptations and Challenges Can the template developed in this report for chemicals policy reform be applied in assessing the hazards of emerging technologies and what considerations are involved for state governments? Steffen Foss Hansen and David Rejeski
• February 15, 2008 Nanotechnology Field Observations: Scouting the New Industrial West “Note from the Field” article for the Journal of Cleaner Production. David Rejeski, Deanna Lekas
• February 4, 2008 Biased Assimilation, Polarization, and Cultural Credibility: An Experimental Study of Nanotechnology Risk Perceptions PEN Brief No. 3 When the public considers competing arguments about a new technology’s potential risks and benefits, people will tend to agree with the expert whose values are closest to their own, no matter what position the expert takes. According to this study, the same will hold true for nanotechnology. Dan M. Kahan, Paul Slovic, Donald Braman, John Gastil, Geoffrey Cohen, Douglas Kysar
• December 12, 2007 A Survey of Environmental, Health and Safety Risk Management Information Needs and Practices among Nanotechnology Firms in the Massachusetts Region PEN Brief No. 1 John Lindberg and Margaret Quinn, University of Massachusetts Lowell
• May 1, 2007 Developing Story: Nanotechnology and Low-Income Nations NanoFrontiers 2, Summer 2007 The second issue of the newsletter explores the question of whether developing nations will fully share in the anticipated benefits of nanotechnology—predicted to be the driving force for the next industrial revolution.
• March 1, 2007 Nanotechnology Risk Perceptions: The Influence of Affect and Values Conducted by the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School Dan Kahan
• March 1, 2007 On the Horizons of Medicine and Healthcare NanoFrontiers 1, May 2007 The NanoFrontiers newsletter reports on achievements toward realizing the immense potential of nanotechnology. It continues and updates the discussion begun at the February 2006 NanoFrontiers workshop, co-sponsored by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, National Institutes of Health, and National Science Foundation. Issues will provide samplings of recent developments in selected areas—accomplishments that hint at new nanotechnology-enabled tools, products, and applications that can be used for the good of humankind and the planet. This inaugural issue focuses on nanomedicine, highlighting a few nanotechnology developments on the path toward improvements in human health and healthcare. Cancer-focused efforts illustrate the progress and the promise of nanotechnology.
• November 16, 2006 Safe Handling of Nanotechnology Nature Article Andrew Maynard
• July 1, 2006 Nanotechnology Startup Concerns, Information Needs, and Opportunities to Proactively Address Environmental, Health, and Social Issues Focus on firms in Connecticut and New York An investigation into how nanotech startup firms are dealing and could deal with uncertain environmental and health issues related to the production, distribution, and use of their products. Deanna Lekas

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