President's Science Advisers Approve Report Calling for Collaboration on Nanotechnology

Summary posted by Meridian on 3/15/2010
Source: The Bureau of National Affairs' Daily Environment Report
Author: Pat Rizzuto

The United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) last week approved a report that will "... encourage federal agencies to increase their collaboration on environmental, health, and safety questions arising from various applications of nanotechnologies." The Council, which meets only once every two years, reviews the federal National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). The Council's first report evaluating the multi-agency initiative was criticized by some parties for not paying sufficient attention to environmental, health and safety concerns. The spokesman for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the office that manages PCAST, said the new report will include a substantial chapter on environmental, health and safety issues. Ed Penhoet, a director of Alta Partners and the co-chair of the council subcommittee developing the report, added that the report will recommend that the federal government develop a "cross-agency strategy plan that links environmental, health, and safety research with knowledge gaps and decision-makers' needs." Penhoet also said that the report will recommend that the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office receive more funding and a broader mandate to oversee the nanotechnology initiative. The article can be viewed online at the link below.

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our team contact us site map	President's Science Advisers Approve Report Calling for Collaboration on Nanotechnology Summary posted by Meridian on 3/15/2010 Source: The Bureau of National Affairs' Daily Environment Report Author: Pat Rizzuto The United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) last week approved a report that will "... encourage federal agencies to increase their collaboration on environmental, health, and safety questions arising from various applications of nanotechnologies." The Council, which meets only once every two years, reviews the federal National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). The Council's first report evaluating the multi-agency initiative was criticized by some parties for not paying sufficient attention to environmental, health and safety concerns. The spokesman for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the office that manages PCAST, said the new report will include a substantial chapter on environmental, health and safety issues. Ed Penhoet, a director of Alta Partners and the co-chair of the council subcommittee developing the report, added that the report will recommend that the federal government develop a "cross-agency strategy plan that links environmental, health, and safety research with knowledge gaps and decision-makers' needs." Penhoet also said that the report will recommend that the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office receive more funding and a broader mandate to oversee the nanotechnology initiative. The article can be viewed online at the link below. The original article may still be available at news.bna.com/deln/DELNWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=16413314&vname=de... As tagged by Meridian Institute: Implications: Human Health Risks, Worker Safety, Governance, Environmental Risks, Economic Competitiveness Regions: North America Stakeholders: Government, Industry, Academia Related Forums: Human Health Risks and Worker Safety Environmental Risks Economic Competitiveness Governance print format	NDN Home Subscribe Manage Subscription Search News Archives 3rd International Seminar on Nanosciences and Nanotechnology -- Seminario Naotecnologias Cuba (7/29/2010) The 3rd International Seminar on Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, organized by the Office of the Scientific Advisor to the State Council of the Republic of Cuba and the Center for Advanced Cuban Studes (CEAC), will take place from September 6-10, 2010, in Havana, Cuba. The aim of the conference is to open new paths of cooperation for the development of CEAC, consolidate existent and emerging networks in the country, and provide elements for the design of a national strategy in this field. [More] Super-sizing a Cancer Drug Minimizes Side Effects -- MIT News (7/29/2010) Scientists at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) have designed a new version of the drug cisplatin, one of the first chemotherapy drugs given to patients diagnosed with cancer, that spares the kidneys, allowing doctors to use higher doses. [More] An Asphalt Pact Cut Fumes—& Created A Model -- New Haven Independent (7/29/2010) At a recent conference hosted by the United States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), convened to talk about the potential health hazards in the nanotechnology industry, a successful partnership between government, industry, and workers to tackle worker safety in the asphalt industry was looked to as a possible model for addressing worker safety in the nanotechnology industry. [More] Nanomagnets Remove Pathogens from Blood -- Nanowerk (7/28/2010) Researchers from the Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering of the ETH Zurich, Switzerland, have demonstrated a novel use of nanomagnets to rapidly and selectively remove heavy metal ions, overdosed steroid drugs and proteins from human blood. [More] More News... Learn how to include these headlines on your own website by clicking here. Please email us if you require text-only versions of the daily emails.