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Engaging stakeholders in nano-EHS risk governance

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  • Jacqueline A. Isaacs

    (Northeastern University)

  • Carol Lynn Alpert

    (Museum of Science)

  • Matthew Bates

    (US Army Engineer Research and Development Center)

  • Christopher J. Bosso

    (Northeastern University)

  • Matthew J. Eckelman

    (Northeastern University)

  • Igor Linkov

    (US Army Engineer Research and Development Center)

  • William C. Walker

    (Northeastern University)

Abstract

We report on an unusually frank and wide-ranging discussion concerning nano-manufacturing environmental health and safety, between industry and government representatives, insurers and litigators, and experts in life cycle and risk analysis, held at the Boston meeting of the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization in November 2014. By transitioning from a standard conference panel presentation with audience Q&A to a forum in which each of the two dozen stakeholders in the room was invited to briefly identify themselves and share their expertise and concerns, key understandings emerged along with more nuanced thinking about a broader range of factors influencing industry decision-making and investment, public perception, and government regulation. Industry representatives and advisors who had initially arrived at the session in “observer mode” spoke frankly about the dilemmas of pursuing innovative nanotechnologies with real potential for societal benefit in a climate of regulatory and legal uncertainty. This was a “conversation that has never happened before,” noted one experienced participant, and it left many others hopeful that future stakeholder forums could accelerate the quest to achieve reasonable frameworks for safe governance of emerging technologies.

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  • Jacqueline A. Isaacs & Carol Lynn Alpert & Matthew Bates & Christopher J. Bosso & Matthew J. Eckelman & Igor Linkov & William C. Walker, 2015. "Engaging stakeholders in nano-EHS risk governance," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 35(1), pages 24-28, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envsyd:v:35:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1007_s10669-015-9542-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s10669-015-9542-9
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    1. Rajive Dhingra & Sasikumar Naidu & Girish Upreti & Rapinder Sawhney, 2010. "Sustainable Nanotechnology: Through Green Methods and Life-Cycle Thinking," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 2(10), pages 1-16, October.
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    2. Igor Linkov & Margaret H. Kurth & Danail Hristozov & Jeffrey M. Keisler, 2015. "Nanotechnology: promoting innovation through analysis and governance," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 35(1), pages 22-23, March.

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