Nanotechnology 102: Understanding Congress’s Role
Friday, April 18, 2008, Noon-1:30 PM
Rayburn House Office Building, 2325
Opening Remarks
Michael Holsapple, Executive Director of International Life Sciences Institute,
Speakers Kristen Kulinowski, Linda-Jo Schierow,
James Cooper and Terry Davies.
James Cooper and Terry Davies.
Health & Environmental Sciences Institute
Society of Toxicology President Elect
Summary
The ability to manipulate materials at the nanoscale level, no longer just a laboratory curiosity, is leading to technological advances and practical applications in many areas.
There are now hundreds of nanotechnology products on the market, but uncertainties about the environmental, health and safety impacts may influence public
Michael Holsapple gives opening remarks.
Speakers, left to right: Linda-Jo Schierow, James Cooper,
Terry Davies and Charles Auer.
Speakers, left to right: Linda-Jo Schierow, James Cooper,
Terry Davies and Charles Auer.
acceptance and limit the scope of these promising technologies.
Those who are concerned about the environmental, health and safety risks, and those who are eager to invest but need regulatory certainty, both agree that Congress must focus on a policy scheme for nanotechnology.
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The ACS Science & the Congress Project in conjunction with the Society of Toxicology and the Society for Risk Analysis
Featured Speakers
| Linda-Jo Schierow, Environmental Policy Specialist, Congressional Research Service (moderating) E-mail | Biography |
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| Kristen Kulinowski, Director for External Affairs, Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology, Rice University E-mail | Biography |
Video of Remarks |
| J. Clarence (Terry) Davies, Senior Advisor, Woodrow Wilson Center Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies E-mail | Biography |
Video of remarks |
| James Cooper, Vice President of Petrochemicals, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association E-mail | Biography |
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| Charles Auer, Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency Biography |
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