Safe Nanotechnology: Overcoming Challenges and Assessing Risk in Bringing Applications to Market - Controlled Environments Magazine, USA
The benefits provided by the advancement of nano-technologies are expected to have more widespread effects than any other recent innovation. Frequently hailed as the next general-purpose technology, nanotechnologies promise to enable technological breakthroughs, which will impact the entire global economy in a way beyond that of the steam engine and electricity.
Like any other new technology, however, early applications and implementations of nanotechnolo-gies are surrounded by uncertainties and worries about the potential effects on environmental and human health and safety. In particular, the manufacture and application of nanomaterials has been a recent cause for concern that has initiated a number of public debates.

Majority of nanotechnology companies do not perform any form of risk assessment - NanoWerk, USA
Companies in numerous industries are pressing ahead with incorporating nanotechnology in their products and processes. But it appears that safety measures are lagging behind.
Consequently, developing proactive risk management strategies appears to be an urgent task for minimizing the risk of harm to the environment and the public health. How much responsibility the individual firm should take in a globalized market is an issue of considerable debate in policy.
Nevertheless, it may be necessary for regulators to take measures to ensure that engineered nanomaterial risks are properly assessed by industry.