Organizations in Transition: An Updated Annotated Bibliography of Published Literature on Environmental, Health, and Safety Organizations (2004-Present)-Part 2: Decision Making and Corporate Perception

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Epshtein ◽  
Richard MacLean
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Annotated Bibliography ◽  
Environmental Health And Safety ◽  
Present Part

Lessons from the Sustainability Movement: Toward An Integrative Decision-Making Framework for Nanotechnology

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 682-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Meaney
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
The Other ◽  
Environmental Health And Safety ◽  
Scientists And Engineers ◽  
Sustainability Movement ◽  
Harmful Effects ◽  
Improve Health

Like biotechnology before it, nanotechnology is beginning to provoke opposition from environmentalists concerned about the ethics of the development and application of nanotechnologies. Given the lack of data on environmental health and safety regarding how nanoparticles might impact the environment and effect the health of the human body, some environmentalists have called for limits on the production of nanoproducts until more research can be done to prove their safety. On the other side, while nanotech scientists and engineers agree that additional study of possible harmful effects is in order, they argue it would be unethical to turn our backs on what nanotechnology may do to help clean up the environment and improve health. They argue that a ban on nanomaterials would be shortsighted.

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