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Safety and Risks of Nanotechnology

Safety and Risks of Nanotechnology. Conclusion of the meeting and next steps. Conclusion. Transparency of all activities Communicate with stories focusing on customer value Assure an excellent scientific level of research on risks of nanotechnologies

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Safety and Risks of Nanotechnology

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  1. Safety and Risks of Nanotechnology Conclusion of the meeting and next steps

  2. Conclusion • Transparency of all activities • Communicate with stories focusing oncustomer value • Assure an excellent scientific level of researchon risks of nanotechnologies • Balanced communication between risksand benefits • Framework conditions for fruitful communications: • Create a “Gene Suisse” like organization • Raise awareness of the Nano science community for the need of communication to the public • Learn from Biotech: divide Nanotechnologies in green and red • Use existing frameworks like ‘science et citée’as communication platform to the public • Maintain an ongoing dialog with all stake holders

  3. Conclusion(additional remarks) • Avoid yuck words such as: • “atomically modified” rice • “terminator technology” • Communication topics: • Take care of the losers • Stories, not education • Attract viewers • Science is self correcting, the press not! • Solve important problems with science, not without!Give the correct and adequate answers!

  4. Conclusion(additional remarks) • Road Map addressing safety and risk issues of: • fullerences, nanotubes and other nanoparticles,that have already been developed, commercialised and distributed in the environment in the past • ongoing and future research, aiming at the development and implementation of new nanomaterials or other nanotechnological products

  5. Conclusion of the meeting and next steps • The core group will analyse the outcome of the workshops and will initiate the next steps • Recommendations for funding agencies will beprepared to handle “Nano safety and risk” issues together with supported projects • New funds to continue the activities have to beorganized • The meeting in autumn 2004 with representativesof the industry (Lead SVMT/SATW), will be prepared

  6. Nanofactory/ Nanofactory/ Materials/ Materials/ Materials/ Nanobio Nanobio / / Devices Devices Instrumentation Instrumentation Powders Powders Powders NanoMedicine NanoMedicine Replication Replication - - Optical Devices - - - Novel Materials - - Light Light Sources Sources - - Biomaterials Biomaterials - - Machining Machining - - Tips and Probes - - - Nano Particles Nano Particles Nano Particles - - Sensors Sensors - - Life Life Sciences Sciences - - Self Assembly Self Assembly - - Data Storage Data Storage - - - Surfaces Surfaces Surfaces - - Energy Storage - - Photovoltaics Photovoltaics Environment Environment Environment Environment Environment Environment Environment Environment Environment Environment Risks Risks Risks Risks Risks Risks Risks Risks Risks Risks Toxicity Toxicity Toxicity Toxicity Toxicity Toxicity Toxicity Toxicity Toxicity Toxicity Societal Societal Societal Societal Societal Societal Societal Societal Societal Societal Impacts Impacts Impacts Impacts Impacts Impacts Impacts Impacts Impacts Impacts Economic Economic Economic Economic Economic Economic Economic Economic Economic Economic uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty No or little risks No or little risks Medium risks Medium risks High risks High risks Overview Inherent risks of different nanotechnological fields (a draft overview)

  7. Safety and risk issues of Nanotechnologies:National and international network USA EU Unit Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies JAPAN Federal Agencies: Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI) GWF, Science and Research Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) Federal Office for Environment, … (BUWAL) others Swiss core group Safety and Risks of Nanotechnologies (SRN) Interest Groups: Foundation Risikodialog Insurances TA, Centre for Technology Assessment …………………. Public national Science, Technologynational and international

  8. Initial assessment of risk potentials in ongoing and future R&D-projects: Assessing the toxicological risks of nanotechnology Proposal for a short-test route as a prerequisite for R&D projects

  9. Safety and Risks of Nanotechnology Thank you for your participation

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