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CCoN/NanoCEO reports & letters to government

- 2010 NanoCEO letter to Wisconsin Legislative Special Committee on proposed Nano Act here

- 2010 NanoCEO comments to U.S. EPA on nanosilver product approval here

- 2009 NanoCEO letter to U.S. EPA on nanosilver registration as pesticide here

- 2007 CCoN comments to U.S. NNCO on priority EHS research needs here (under K. Johnson)

- 2005 Report & Recommendations of Madison Citizens Consensus Conference submitted to Wisconsin State Legislators. Report here.

Nanotechnology and the Environment

Many Nano Cafés attendees asked questions about the use and the consequences of nanotechnology on the environment.
Hence, we decided to hold the next Nano Café on this topic. See Upcoming Events

First, here are some resources that members of the Citizens' Coalition on Nanotechnology selected:

Overview - Risks - Benefits - Regulatory issues

Overview

  • Reports

Biotechnology, Information technology and Cognitive sciences : environmental opportunities and risks of converging technologies - SKEP ERA-net : Scientific Knowledge for Environmental Protection, February 2008
- Summary of perceptions and science needs: results of SKEP WP6 questionnaire - Solange Martin
- A philosophical perspective on the NBIC Convergence - Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent
- Converging Technologies - NBIC, Environmental opportunities and risks - Mira Marcus-Kalish
- NBIC convergence and the environment-Potential benefits, emerging risks and major stakes - Julien Vert

FoEA Nano News - Friends of the Earth, Australia, June 2007

FoEA June Nano Newsletter raises the question of whether or not nanotechnology will deliver on the environmental gains that its proponents are promising – or whether many environmental applications of nanotechnology are simply introducing whole new levels of ecological risk.
In this issue, FoEA take a look at some of the claims, counter claims and controversy that are surrounding environmental applications of nanotechnology, especially those aimed at addressing dangerous climate change.

Emerging Challenges, Nanotechnology and the Environment - United Nations, November 2006

Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Risks for Humans and the Environment - The Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Germany's Federal Environment Agency, August 2006

Nanotechnology and the Environment - the National Nanotechnology Initiative, 2003

  • Video

The Power of Small - Fred Friendly Seminars, 2008

- ENVIRONMENT: Clean, Green, and Unseen
Cleaner world or potential pollution?

Nanotechnology and Nature: Can We Reduce Any Risks and Still Reap the Rewards? - Resources for the Future, June 2007

Click on one of the specific categories to find out more:
- Potential environmental benefits of nanotechnology
- Potential environmental risks of nanotechnology
- regulatory issues related to nanotechnology
- Research articles on environmental implications and environment applications of nanotechnology

run (not verified) | Thu, 2012-04-19 07:08

The ultimate consequences of a technology and it's applications are often exactly the opposite of the commonly accepted view is at the time of it's introduction.

Wusupu (not verified) | Tue, 2012-04-10 18:27

Nanotech is neither green nor not green. It's just an approach to miniaturizing technology for novel applications. Micromachines might one day be useful in detecting and attacking parasites in the bloodstream or perhaps in gene manipulation, but it is completely unknown whether the ultimate effects will be good or bad for the environment. The notion that any particular technology is 'green' or not, is speculative, especially before the technology exists. The ultimate consequences of a technology and it's applications are often exactly the opposite of the commonly accepted view is at the time of it's introduction. ~Ronnie, CPR classes in Dallas

Anonymous (not verified) | Fri, 2012-02-03 01:42

The digital media of computer networks, by virtue of their design and the enabling technology upon which they ride, are fundamentally different from the now dominant mass media of television, radio, newspapers and magazines. Digital communications media are inherently capable of being more interactive, more participatory, more egalitarian, more decentralized, and less hierarchical.

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Tissot (not verified) | Thu, 2011-12-01 06:18

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Summer (not verified) | Thu, 2011-07-07 09:49

I was doing some research on what products are out there that use nanotechnology. I came across this article: http://science.howstuffworks.com/nanotechnology3.htm

I was surprised to read how many "nano" consumer products are on the market. I never realized that it was in clothing, sunscreen and pool supplies. The nanoemulsion swimming pool cleaner developed by EnviroSystems, seems like an effective and environmental friendly solution for cleaning pools.I think that nanotechnology is okay, as long as it isn't harming anyone's health or the environment.

facelift (not verified) | Mon, 2011-04-18 21:52

Nano technology seems to have a grave and alarming consequence on our environment. The different studies carried on this issue by various organizations have pointed out the ill effects of nano technology on the environment. The conclusion drawn from these organizations should be considered seriously and should be taken as a foundation to save our environment from the effects of nano technology. I think organizations like FoEA, UN, Germany’s Federal Environment Agency and the National Nanotechnology have done a great job in this regard.

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