Best practice principles to underpin public participation and dialogue activities
Effective public participation needs to be guided by best practice principles that ensure transparency, accountability and equitable participation. These are fundamental to any effective consultative or participatory process that involves a range of competing...Polling shows 96% support mandatory safety testing and 92% mandatory labelling
An opinion poll of 1010 Australians commissioned by Friends of the Earth and carried out by Essential Research found 92% support for mandatory labelling of nanoparticle ingredients used in food and food packaging and 96% support for mandatory safety testing of these...Nanotechnology and the public interest: Repeating the mistakes of GM foods?
There is a widespread perception that the public backlash against Genetically Modified (GM) food “effectively stalled a new industry”. In this context, much has been made of the ‘lessons’ that governments and the burgeoning nanotechnology industry must learn from the...Contemplating the social implications of a nanotechnology ‘revolution’?
We hear lots of predictions that nanotechnology could drive the ‘next industrial revolution’, or ‘transform every aspect of our lives’. We hear less discussion about whether or not we should take such predictions seriously, or what social...Crazytech
Stupid technologies we don't need.....
And that could destroy life on Earth.
And that could destroy life on Earth.