The Exposure Management team within Franchise Performance, is responsible for understanding and managing market aggregation of risks, and produce a number of tools and services to help the market.
Posted by David Baxter on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
The European Union’s Observatory-NANO project has launched a new website to bring together work on the scientific, economic, societal, business, regulatory and risk issues surrounding nanotechnology.
The project is also currently writing 56 reports regarding the various scientific and technological developments covering a wide range of sectors.
Tags: Nanotechnology
Posted by Trevor Maynard on Thursday, November 13th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Another report (released yesterday) has yet again highlighted the uncertainties in the risks of nanotechnologies and nano-materials. These materials are already in the consumer market and show promise to provide great benefit to society and consumers.
Tags: Emerging risks, Liability, Nano-materials, Nanotechnology
Posted by Trevor Maynard on Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Earlier this year the Environment Agency gave some interim advice on the handling of carbon nanotubes. These substances are on our emerging risks radar due to their similarity to asbestos fibres and potential health effects.
In a previous blog (”Carbon nanotechnology observed to cause asbestos-like injuries in mice“, July 11) I discussed this issue and commented [...]
Tags: Nanotechnology
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