Biotechnology and Nanotechnology Risk Assessment: Minding and Managing the Potential Threats around Us

Content: PREFACE ; 1. UNDERSTANDING AND COPING WITH SOCIAL RISK IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGY RISK ASSESSMENT ; PAUL B. THOMPSON, PH.D. ; 2. CASE STUDY OF AN EMERGENT NANOTECHNOLOGY: IDENTIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS FROM SILVER NANOTECHNOLOGY THROUGH AN EXPERT ELICITATION METHODOLOGY ; EMMA FAUSS, MICHAEL GORMAN, AND NATHAN SWAMI ; 3. ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATION AND RISKS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY: A BALANCED VIEW ; JIE ZHUANG AND RANDALL W. GENTRY ; 4. ENVIRONMENTAL FATE, TRANSPORT, AND TRANSFORMATION OF CARBON NANOPARTICLES ; LIWEN ZHANG AND QINGGUO HUANG ; 5. ECOTOXICITY OF FULLERENES AND CARBON NANOTUBES: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF EVIDENCE FOR NANO-SIZE EFFECTS ; ELIJAH J. PETERSEN AND THEODORE B. HENRY ; 6. NANOTOXICOLOGY IN THE MICROBIAL WORLD ; STEVEN RIPP ; 7. METHODOLOGIES FOR TOXICITY MONITORING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY RISK ASSESSMENT ; SILVANA ANDREESCU, MIHAELA GHEORGHIU, R?FAT EMRAH OZEL, AND KENNETH N. WALLACE ; EDITOR'S BIOGRAPHIES ; INDEXES ; AUTHOR INDEX ; SUBJECT INDEX