By Porter Wright on In a notice in today’s Federal Register the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office announced that it will be holding a public workshop on July 13-14, 2010, for the purpose of giving stakeholders (defined as representatives of the research community, the private sector and NGOs and members of the general public) a forum for presenting their input regarding … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on One of the frequent criticisms of government policies regarding nanotechnology, nanoindustry, or nanomaterials, is that the public is not involved in the decision making process or that the public is not informed about the risks, benefits, etc. In December 2008, the Australian Office of Nanotechnology (AON) tried a new approach to that problem by creating … Continue Reading