Nanotechnology: Risk, Ethics and Law

By: Geoffrey Hunt and Michael D. Mehta

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Synopsis: Nanotechnology - technology at the molecular level - is held out by many as the Holy Grail for creating a trillion dollar economy and solving problems from curing cancer to reprocessing waste into products and building superfast computers. Yet, as with GMOs, many view nanotech as a high risk genie in a bottle that once uncorked has the potential to cause unpredictable, perhaps irreversible, environmental and public health disasters. With the race to bring products to market, there is pressing need to take stock of the situation and to have a full public debate about this new technological frontier. Including contributions by renowned figures such as Roland Clift, K. Eric Drexler and Arpad Pusztai, this is the first global overview of the state of nanotech and society in Europe, the USA, Japan and Canada, examining the ethics, the environmental and public health risks, and the governance and regulation of this most promising, and potentially most dangerous, of all technologies.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 319 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781136560705
Related ISBNs:: 9781844075836, 9781849772051, 9781844073580
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 10/26/23
Copyrighted By:: Geoffrey Hunt and Michael D. Mehta
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Earth Sciences
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Geoffrey Hunt
Edited by:: Michael Mehta