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Mapping Weak Signals

Inspired by: academic journals » Calls to standardise nanomaterials and methods for monitoring health risks

version: 1 / created: 2009-10-06
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Originally submitted by: Rafael Popper
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Source of inspiration

Academic/scientific journals (e.g. Research Policy, Nature)

The source of the Weak Signal is

Fadeel, B. et al. (2007), "There's plenty of room at the forum: Potential risks and safety assessment of engineered nanomaterials", Nanotoxicology, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp.73 - 84 http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1080/17435390701565578

Signal's headline

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Calls to standardise nanomaterials and methods for monitoring health risks

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)
Some recent studies demonstrate that results obtained with specific assays for toxicity may have been invalidated by the presence of investigated nanoparticles leading to false-positive outcomes.

Keywords

nanotechnology, standards, nanoparticles, health, risks, monitoring, nanomaterials, ISO

Signal's first apperance

2005-now

Signal's potential evolution

It could lead to...
issue type of issue/development potential impact on society timeframe for the issue to become at least 50% probable
#1 International Standards Organization (ISO) produces an unified procedure to classify all nanomaterials and their applications resolution of uncertainty
 		beneficial
 		now-2025

Importance

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Level 3: important for the European Union
Level 4: important for the whole world

Filters preventing the signal's monitoring

institutional filters (rules, laws, regulations)
scientific filters (knowledge/technology access)

Signal's relevance for European Grand Challenges

where? please justify:
particularly relevant Europe world
Ethics and abuse of S&T
Innovation dynamics
Techno-security, hazard & risk

Signal's relevance for thematic research areas

please justify:
particularly relevant
Health
International S&T Cooperation

Research-friendly strategies potentially improving understanding of the signal

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please justify:
particularly relevant
Strengthening the actors in the research-friendly ecology
(i.e. Research funding organisations, universities, businesses, Research and Technology Organisations, Researchers and Citizens)
Addressing cohesion through a localised articulation between supply and demand
(e.g. making research institutions more engaged with their own context and local users; reinforcing knowledge flows into and out of regions; etc.