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Risks, Benefits and Who Decides?

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Overview
Risks, Benefits and Who Decides?
Brad Herring [3]
NISE Network product
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Description: 

This forum asks participants to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of three options. They will also have the opportunity to raise questions about the societal and environmental implications of nanotechnology to a panel of experts. Participants will work in small groups to form a group recommendation drawing from the options presented—perhaps adding or combining elements, or creating a totally new option representing your group’s view on the issue. They are not limited to the three options presented for discussion. If the group cannot reach agreement on a recommendation, have them identify the items they agree upon and those on which they differ. Finally, each group will make a brief report to everyone on the group’s recommendations.
Objectives

Big Idea: 

Given the potential benefits as well as the unknown risks associated with nanotechnology, who should play the major role in shaping its future development and developing regulations concerning its use?

NISE Net Content Map: 

  • Nanotechnologies have costs, risks, and benefits that affect our lives in ways we cannot always predict.
Credits

Developed for the NISE Network with funding from the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 0532536 and 0940143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this product are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.

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Nano Topics

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Audience

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Permissions

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Catalog section: 

Forums

Nano topics: 

Society, policy, and economics

Audience: 

19 and up

Content keywords: 

Environment
society
nanotechnology
forums
societal implications
Forum

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Resources
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application/pdf iconForums Manual [14]
application/pdf iconWho Decides Guide [15]

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[3] http://www.nisenet.org/users/brad-herring
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[5] http://www.nisenet.org/category/nano-interests/society-policy-economics
[6] http://www.nisenet.org/category/audience/19
[7] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/environment
[8] http://www.nisenet.org/category/content-keywords/society
[9] http://www.nisenet.org/category/catalog-exhibits/nanotechnology
[10] http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/forums
[11] http://www.nisenet.org/category/digital-assets-keywords/societal-implications
[12] http://www.nisenet.org/category/digital-assets-keywords/forum
[13] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
[14] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/NISENet_ForumsManual_May10.pdf
[15] http://www.nisenet.org/sites/default/files/WhoDecides_Guide.pdf
[16] http://www.nisenet.org/community/groups/forums