Ethics of nanotechnologies

Ethics of nanotechnology is the study of the ethical issues emerging from advances in nanotechnology and its impacts.

According to Andrew Chen, ethical concerns about nanotechnologies should include the possibility of their military applications, the dangers posed by self-replicant nanomachines, and their use for surveillance monitoring and tracking.[1] Risks to environment to public health are treated in a report from the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment[2] as well as is a report of the European Environment Agency.[3] Academic works on ethics of nanotechnology can be found in the journal Nanoethics.

  1. ^ Chen, Andrew (3 March 2002). "The Ethics of Nanotechnology". Santa Clarita University. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. ^ E.A.J. Bleeker, S. Evertz, R.E. Geertsma, W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg, J. Westra, S.W.P. Wijnhoven, Assessing health & environmental risks of nanoparticles. Current state of affairs in policy, science and areas of application, RIVM Report 2014-0157.
  3. ^ Chapter 22, Nanotechnology: early lessons from early warnings, in Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation, EEA report 1, 2013.