Faculty Fellow Diana Bowman co-authored a recently published book covering the latest on the health and safety impacts of nanotechnology development and advancement. Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety: Risks, Regulation, and Management – 3rd Edition, was co-authored with Matthew Hull, Associate Director for Virginia Tech’s NanoEarth Center.
Bowman and Hull led a team of authors in exploring the current state of risks associated with nanotechnology development. Core chapters offer perspectives from the insurance industry, toxicologists, researchers, consumer protection experts, and more.
“Perspectives have evolved over time as nanotechnology-enabled industries mature and the nature of associated risks come into clearer focus,” note Bowman and Hull. “Uncertainty yields to experience and understanding. In some cases, it can lead to confidence and even slip into complacency. Whether our growing comfort with nanotechnology risks will prove to be foolhardy or a bold leap toward realizing a sustainable future is a question that future generations will ponder. For now, though, the genie is out of the bottle and our nanoenabled future is inevitable.”