Welcome to NanoTrust.
The NanoTrust project of the Institute of Technology Assessment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences is sponsored by the Federal Ministry for Transport, Technology and Innovation. These pages set out information on possible health and environmental risks and on societal aspects of nanotechnologies.
The dossiers are a brief summary of the most important information; even shorter answers are to be found in the section questions about nano (German only). The area bibliography provides access to the most pertinent documents, reports and articles. The structured link collection (German only) facilitates access to the most important pages on this topic in the Internet. NanoTrust also organises workshops.
News from NanoTrust:
Recently published issues of NanoTrust Dossiers:- English versions:
Dossier 037en: Nanotechnology in the media (representative daily newspapers in AT, DE & CH)
Dossier 036en: The EU code of concuct for nanosciences and nanotechnologies research
Dossier 035en: (Nano)-Titanium dioxide (Part III): Environmental effects
Dossier 034en: (Nano)-Titanium dioxide (Part II): health hazard potential
Dossier 033en: (Nano-)Titanium dioxide (Part I): Basics, Production, Applications - NEW german versions:
Dossier 038 (March 2013): Nano-governance by dialogs ('Nano-Governance durch Dialoge')
Dossier 039 (April 2013): Definition of the notion "nano material" ('Definition des Begriffs...')
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