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Regulating Emerging Technologies in Silicon Valley and Beyond
- Description
- In an industrial gold rush that mirrors the semiconductor and biotech booms, Silicon Valley is rapidly emerging as the center for a host of new nanotechnologies. Nanotech is more than a single new industrial sector - it is transforming fields as diverse as electronics, medicine, environmental remediation, and solar energy, and it is already ubiquitous in a wide range of consumer products. This report provides a case study of the regulatory landscape faced by Santa Clara County in the 1980s and traces the clear and alarming parallels to today’s health and environmental regulations for nanotechnology.
- Resource Type(s)
- Report
- Geographic Areas
- National, California
- Focus area(s)
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- Environment
- Environmental Health
- Environmental Justice
- Green Chemistry / Safer Alternatives
- Health
- Life-cycle / Waste / Recycling
- Public Health
- Science-focused Work
- Sustainability
- Toxics
- Website Address
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http://svtc.org/svtc_nanotech
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