Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Developing Strategies in Brazil to Manage The Emerging Nanotechnology and its Associated Risks
2009; Springer Nature (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês
10.1007/978-1-4020-9491-0_23
ISSN1874-6543
AutoresArline Sydneia Abel Arcuri, M. G. L. Grossi, V. R. S. Pinto, Azzurra Rinaldi, Alister Chitetele Soy Pinto, Paulo Roberto Martins, Paulo Alves Maia,
Tópico(s)Nanotechnology research and applications
ResumoEmerging countries, such as Brazil, are beginning to feel the impact of nanomaterial production occurring in further developed countries. It is important to identify strategies for the risk management of these products. For this reason, Fundacentro, a Ministry of Labor and Employment institution, in Brazil is currently working to develop management strategies for nanotechnology and its associated risk. One of Brazil's first efforts to develop a nanotechnology management and risk assessment plan occurred at the "Nanotechnology, Environment and Society for a Possible New World" workshop held on January 25, 2004 at the 5th World Social Forum in Porto Alegre. Within the same year, there was also the creation of Renanosoma, a Brazilian research network involved in nanotechnology, sociological issues, and environmental matters. The aim of Renanosoma is to research potential effects of nanotechnology and increase public awareness of the social,economical, environmental, and ethical impacts. This network has also been responsible for four international seminars related to nanotechnology, and coordinated a federally funded project titled "Public Engagement in nanotechnology". Through this project, conferences are held three times a week via the internet (http://www. meebo.com/room/nanotecnologia/). In each conference, debates involving a main speaker (a previously invited researcher), researchers from all over the country, social scientist, and the interested public discuss different views and aspects of nanotechnology's implementations and impacts.
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