Biotechnology & Nanotechnology Regulation under Environmental, Health and Safety Laws

• Biotechnology & Nanotechnology: Regulation Under Environmental, Health, and Safety Lawsexamines controversies generated by biotechnology in both the United States and Europe and explains how these controversies will affect the ongoing development of regulation
• Regulation of biotechnology and nanotechnology is of major concern to the medical, pharmaceutical, chemical manufacturing, and agricultural fields
• The fields of biotechnology and nanotechnology have grown rapidly and are expected to require increased levels of legal services

Biotechnology & Nanotechnology: Regulation Under Environmental, Health, and Safety Laws analyzes regulation governing biotechnology and nanotechnology industries. Regulation of biotechnology, which generally encompasses the manipulation of living materials by passing genetic information from one organism to another, emerged in the 1970's and is of major concern to the medical, pharmaceutical, chemical manufacturing, and agricultural fields. Nanotechnology, which refers to the design and production of molecular-sized devices and products, is a more recent field whose regulation has an impact on the same industries as biotechnology and also affects semiconductors, communications technology, cosmetics, and consumer products. Additional regulation is quite likely because the need for knowledge of the risks involved in industry processes and products is increasing. Both fields are subject to the same regulatory schemes, and this book describes the application of substantive laws, such as the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Clean Air Act, to each segment of the biotechnology nanotechnology industry. Also discussed are international issues and ongoing development of regulations governing these fields.