Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist.
As I noted in an earlier post, the federal government staunchly maintains that regulatory agencies’ current authorities and regulatory structures are adequate. Yet I sense quite a bit of angst — even panic — in the agencies over how they will actually address the complexities of nanotechnology under those existing authorities and regulatory structures.
The claim that laws developed long before nanotechnology came along can nevertheless manage it flawlessly smacks of a double standard: If there’s nothing novel here, why is the federal government investing $1.5 billion annually to develop nanotechnology? Read More