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.. if toxicity is known, handling and packaging procedures can be devised to mitigate risks of undesired exposure in manufacturing processes, as is routinely done in industries using hazardous materials.

Bell, Trudy. "Reporting Risk Assessment of Nanotechnology: A reporter's guide to sources and research issues." 05/21/2007. read more...

As a general rule, third-party testing inspires more consumer confidence than if companies do it themselves.

Connor, Geoff. Former Texas Secretary of State. 'Consumer Confidence A "Paramount Concern" in Growth of Nanotechnology, According to Former Texas Official' 02/07/2007. 05/10/2007. read more...

Some of the same special properties that make nanoscale materials useful are also properties that may pose hazards to humans and the environment, under specific conditions.

EPA. "Fact Sheet for Nanotechnology under the Toxic Substances Control Act" 01/18/2007. 05/17/2007. read more...

Disclosure of test results does have important strategic implications for companies that compete for market share. But, since most safety testing will be done by the private sector, members of the public should have the right to see what steps companies are taking to protect their health.

Kennedy, Joseph. Senior Economist. "Nanotechnology: The Future is Coming Sooner Than You Think; A JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE STUDY" 03/2007. 05/11/2007. read more...

Nanotechnology refers to research and technology development at the atomic, molecular, and macromolecular levels aimed at creating and using structures, devices, and systems that have novel properties and functions because of their small size.

McKiel, Mary C. EPA Standards Executive. "Nanotechnology Activities and Standards." 10/23/2006. 05/17/2007. read more...

This photograph depicts two "Fullerene Nano-gears" with multiple teeth. The hope is that one day, products can be constructed made of thousands of tiny machines that could self-repair and adapt to the environment in which they exist.

NASA. "Fullerene Nanogears." Image # : A-NAS-NANOGEARS. GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001535. 04/01/1997. 05/17/2007. read more...

"We are familiar with carbon in many forms, from coal to diamonds, but when a sheet of elemental carbon, a single atom thick, is rolled into a tube, it takes on totally unique and unforeseen properties. In order to ensure that nanotechnology hits its potential, we must proceed aggressively, learning from lessons of the past, and create a dialogue with the public today so that everyone understands and prepares for the transformative effects of nanotechnology in the future.

Russell, Richard M. Spoken to the COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE in the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for the Hearing on "H.R. 766, NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2003." 03/19/2003. 05/10/2007. read more...