Need for risk governance on nanotechnology


  • Letters
  • Sunday, 12 Sep 2021

WITH the emergence of nanotechnology and its increased use by industries, there is an urgent need for risk governance in the interest of safety and health.

As progress is being made on all fronts in the use of nanotechnology, more work and research is needed by academia, policymakers, industrial sectors and the public to ensure risk governance of nanotechnology is upheld in order to fulfil the potential of this existing technology.

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