Nanoscience Policy

• Ethics and nanotechnologies: a basis for action (Commission de L'Éthique de la Science et de la Technologie)
• The social and economic challenges of nanotechnology, by Wood et al. (ESRC)
• Societal implications of nanoscience and nanotechnology, edited by Roco and Bainbridge (NSF)
• The perils of pre-emptive regulation, by Monica et al. (Nature Magazine)
• Can nanotechnology ever prove that it is green?, by Richard Jones (Nature Magazine)
• Organic electronics: self-assembly is ready to roll, by Walter F Smith (Nature Magazine)
• Nanoscience and nanotechnologies: opportunities and uncertainties (The Royal Society)
• CNRS ethics committee publishes nanotechnology recommendations (CNRS)
• Nanotech raises worker-safety questions, by Rick Weiss (Washington Post)

Nano risks

• A nano Trojan horse, by Lizz Thrall (Environmental Science & Technology Online)
• Cytotoxicity of single-wall carbon nanotubes on human fibroblasts, by Tian F, et al. (PubMed)
• "Nano" Safety Recall, by Kevin Bullis (Technology Review)
• Nanotoxicology: an emerging discipline evolving from studies of ultrafine particles, by Günter Oberdörster, et al. (Environmental Health Perspectives)
• Fullerene For The Face, by Bethany Halford (Chemical & Engineering News)
• Progress toward safe nanotechnology in the workplace (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
• US Environmental Protection Agency to regulate silver nanoparticle products (nanotechweb.org)
• Formation and growth of Au nanoparticles inside live Alfalfa plants, by J. L. Gardea-Torresdey et al. (Nano Letters)
• Proceedings from the nanotechnology and security workshop, by Mark Morrison (Nanoforum)
• Nanoscience, nanotoxicology, and the need to think small, by Seaton and Donaldson (The Lancet)
• Particle surface characteristics may play an important role in phytotoxicity of alumina nanoparticles, by Yang and Watts (Toxicology Letters)
• Comments on "particle surface characteristics may play an important role in phytotoxicity of alumina nanoparticals," by Vladimir Murashov (Toxicology Letters)

Nanotech Safety

• Safe handling of nanotechnology, by Maynard et al. (Nature Magazine)
• Nanotechnology: untold promise, unknown risk (ConsumerReports.org)
• NGOs urge precautionary principle in use of nanomaterials (EurActiv.com)
• Nanosilver – a threat to soil, water and human health?, by Dr Rye Senjen (Friends of Earth)
• Are nanoparticles safe for soil? (nanotechweb.org)
• Characterizing the environmental, health, and safety implications of nanotechnology, by Linquiti, Teepe, et al. (ICF International)
• Nanomaterials - have your say, by James Tyrrell (nanotechweb.org)
• Calls for more research into potential risks of nanotechnology (Nanotechnology News Archive)
• Is science engaging with the public on nanotechnology? (Nanotechnology.com)
• "Tighter controls" for nanotechnology (nanotechweb.org)
• Nano safety, risk, & regulation (the innovation society)
• 2007 symposium on social studies of nanotechnology (Chemical Heritage Foundation)
• Nanotech success requires manufacturing research (TMCnet)
• Nano risk framework (DuPont)
• Toxicity and Biocompatibility of Carbon Nanoparticles, by Fiorito et al. (Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology [Subscription])
• Forum Series: Research Strategies for Safety Evaluation of Nanomaterials, by Holsapple et al. - Editorial - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 (Toxicological Sciences)
• Old food meets new technologies, leaves food for thought (ScienceDaily)
• Future foods: friend or foe?, by Paul Moss (BBC News)
• Nanotechnology and animal health, by N.R. Scott (Cornell University)
• Unknown health impact of nanotech worries some, by Amanda Black (Reuters)

Bionanotechnology

• Nanotechnology's miniature answers to developing world's biggest problems (ScienceDaily)
• Nanoparticles offers promise for treating glaucoma (Science Daily)
• Nano iron could boost human bioavailability, by Stephen Daniells (Nutraingredients-USA.com)
• Safer and guilt-free nano foods, by Josh Wolfe (Forbes.com)
• Nano silver fights infections (PHYSORG.com)
• Study shows silver nanoparticles attach to HIV-1 virus, by Syeda Z. Hamdani (physorg.com)
• Interaction of silver nanoparticles with HIV-1, by Jose Luis Elechiguerra, et al. (Journal of Nanobiotechnology)
• Investigation of the proinflammatory potential of biodegradable nanoparticle drug delivery systems in the lung, by Dailey et al. (Science Direct)

Nanotechnology & the Environment

• Threats to tomorrow's world, by Lord Robert May (The Royal Society)
• EPA to regulate nanoproducts sold as germ-killing, by Rick Weiss (Washington Post)
• Fate and transport of manufactured nanoparticles in porous media, by Yan Jin and John Xiao (EPSCoR Science)
• Nanotechnology and the environment - more support needed (nanowerk.com)
• Nanotechnology and the Environment: beauty rather than beast (CORDIS)
• ASU Studies Impact of Nanoparticles on Aquatic Organisms (Azomano.com)
• A review of carbon nanotube toxicity and assessment of potential occupational and environmental health risks, by Lam et al. (Critical Reviews in Toxicology
• Suggested strategies for the ecotoxicology testing of nanoparticles, by Stone et al. (Materials Research Society)