The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies was established in 2005 as a partnership between the

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and the Pew Charitable Trusts. The Project was intended to address the social, political, and public safety aspects of

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. It intended in particular to look for research and policy gaps and opportunities in knowledge and regulatory processes, and to develop strategies for closing them. The project worked with multiple U.S. and foreign governments and organizations. The project's stated goal was "to inform the debate and to create an active public and policy dialogue. It was not an advocate either for, or against, particular nanotechnologies. Rather, the Project sought to ensure that as these technologies are developed, potential human health and environmental risks were anticipated, properly understood, and effectively managed."

Publications

They have produced man
publications
on the various aspects of nanotechnology policy. One of the notable reports is on ''Managing the Effects of Nanotechnology

written by J. Clarence (Terry) Davies in 2006. They also maintain several online databases including the widely cite
consumer products inventory
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''Nanotechnology Health and Environmental Implications: An inventory of current research''
as well as a series o
PEN Reports
Their work has also been published in academic journals such as Nature Nanotechnology."Former White House science advisor warns that nanotechnology's potential threatened

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Staff

* David Rejeski, director, also the Director of the Foresight and Governance Project at the Woodrow Wilson Center, an initiative designed to facilitate long-term thinking and planning in the public sector. * Todd Kuiken, Policy Associate * Eleonore Pauwels, Visiting Scholar The Advisory Board included Linda J. Fisher, Vice President and Chief sustainability officer at

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, Margaret A. Hamburg M.D., Vice President for Biological Programs,

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, Donald Kennedy, editor-in-chief of Science magazine and president emeritus and Bing Professor of Environmental Science, Emeritus, at

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, John Ryan is Director of the Bionanotechnology IRC at

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, and Stan Williams, senior fellow and director of quantum science research at

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References

External links

Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

The Pew Charitable Trusts
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