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From Biotechnology to Nanotechnology: What Can We Learn from Earlier Technologies?

University of Saskatchewan

Using Canada as a case study, this article argues that regulating biotechnology and nanotechnology is made unnecessarily complex and inherently unstable because of a failure to consult the public early and of-ten enough. Furthermore, it is argued that future regulators (and promoters) of nanotechnology may learn valuable lessons from the mistakes made in regulating biotechnology.

Key Words: nanotechnology • biotechnology • regulation • Canada

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, Vol. 24, No. 1, 34-39 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0270467604263119


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