The speech "Nanotechnologies - Opportunities and Risks for Users of a Key Technology" will be given by Dr. Christoph Meili at this year's LABOTEC Suisse 2012 (May 5th, 2012). Besides current application

examples and products the presentation will also offer insights into different nano risks (regulation, safety and perception) and will show how companies can manage these risks.



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The SimplyScience foundation together with The Innovation Society, St.Gallen has developed a new experiment kit "SimplyNano 1" for schools. The Kit comprises 8 exciting nanotechnology experiments. The handling of the experiments will be demonstrated in courses for teachers at secondary level I (7th-10th grade) that are looking for up-to-date and practical topics for their scientific-technical lessons.…

The reinsurance company Gen Re recently published an analysis and evaluation of the potential implications for the insurance of nanomaterials. The study concludes that the emergence of nanotechnology might entail one of the most important and most neglected risks for the insurance industry. It is advised that insurers cope with that topic and take adequate measures.…

 The Webinar provides an overview over the present risk profile of nanotechnology and synthetic nanomaterials. Additionaly, an enterprise-wide risk management system approach and nanospecific

monitoring tools (e.g. "360°-risk-monitoring" and "InRiNa") will be presented. Manufacturers and distributors of nanomaterials and nano-based products as well as retail companies, insurances and

investors are invited to attend the webinar.



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 In this project funded by the Danish EPA the Technical University of Denmark and National Research Centre for the Working Environment has initiated the development of a screening tool called NanoRiskCat (NRC) for the evaluation of exposure and hazard of nanomaterials contained in products for professional and private use.



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 The European Journal of Law and Technology (EJLT) special issue on the regulation of nanotechnology is now officially online. The issue contains 15 contributions that canvass some of the most pressing

philosophical, ethical and regulatory questions currently being debated around the world in relation to nanotechnologies and more specifically nanomaterials.



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The Social Democratic fraction (SPD) in the German Bundestag claimed with their motion (17/8158) to attach great importance to safety in the field of nanotechnology. In the EU Council of Ministers the

immediate installation of a nano product register should be requested.



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