Nanotechnology and risk: different perceptions about risks in carbon nanotubes

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Autor(a) principal: Amorim, Tade-Ane
Data de Publicação: 2015
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Estudos de Sociologia
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/estudos/article/view/5928
Resumo: This paper points out how government agencies and private sector discuss the regulation of nanotechnology, showing that different regulation proposals are related to different perceptions of risk analysis. The paper analyzes documents that discuss regulations of the carbon nanotube produced by government agencies (EPA, in the United States, Royal Society, in the United Kingdom and the Ministry of Science and Technology, in Brazil), and chemical industries DuPont and Bayer. It was pointed out that facing the challenges posed by nanotechnology, scientists, industry and politicians present very different responses to face such challenges. It was observed that these different responses occur in parallel, there is no ‘development’, but a complex situation is drawn. It was found that there are significant differences in how risks are perceived and faced by such agencies and industries, and that these perceptions reflect, in a broader sense, the way such entities understand science.
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spelling Nanotechnology and risk: different perceptions about risks in carbon nanotubesNanotecnologia e riscos: diferentes percepções sobre riscos dos nanotubos de carbonoRiskCarbon nanotubesSociology of scienceRiscosNanotubos de carbonoSociologia da ciênciaThis paper points out how government agencies and private sector discuss the regulation of nanotechnology, showing that different regulation proposals are related to different perceptions of risk analysis. The paper analyzes documents that discuss regulations of the carbon nanotube produced by government agencies (EPA, in the United States, Royal Society, in the United Kingdom and the Ministry of Science and Technology, in Brazil), and chemical industries DuPont and Bayer. It was pointed out that facing the challenges posed by nanotechnology, scientists, industry and politicians present very different responses to face such challenges. It was observed that these different responses occur in parallel, there is no ‘development’, but a complex situation is drawn. It was found that there are significant differences in how risks are perceived and faced by such agencies and industries, and that these perceptions reflect, in a broader sense, the way such entities understand science.Neste artigo aponta-se como agências governamentais e iniciativa privada discutem a regulamentação das nanotecnologias, mostrando que diferentes propostas de regulamentação estão relacionadas a diferentes percepções sobre análises de riscos. O trabalho analisa documentos produzidos por agências governamentais, Environmtal Protection Agency – EPA, nos Estados Unidos, Royal Society, no Reino Unido e Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Inovação no Brasil e pelas indústrias químicas DuPont e Bayer que discutem regulamentações dos nanotubos de carbono. Apontou-se que, frente aos desafios colocados pela nanotecnologia, cientistas, indústria e políticos apresentam respostas bastante variadas para o enfrentamento de tais desafios. Observou-se que essas diferentes respostas se dão em paralelo, não há uma evolução, mas uma situação complexa se desenha. Verificou-se que há expressivas diferenças na forma como os riscos são percebidos e enfrentados por tais agências e indústrias, e que tais percepções refletem, de modo mais amplo, o entendimento de ciência de tais entidades no momento da publicação do documento analisado.FCL-UNESP Laboratório Editorial2015-01-14info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/estudos/article/view/5928Estudos de Sociologia; v. 19 n. 37 (2014): Dossiê: Políticas ciêntíficas, inovação social e tecnologias1982-47181414-0144reponame:Estudos de Sociologiainstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPporhttps://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/estudos/article/view/5928/5232Copyright (c) 2015 Estudos de Sociologiainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAmorim, Tade-Ane2021-05-12T13:47:41Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/5928Revistahttp://seer.fclar.unesp.br/estudosPUBhttp://seer.fclar.unesp.br/estudos/oaistraud.fclar@unesp.br||estudosdesociologia@fclar.unesp.br||maria.jardim@unesp.br1982-47181414-0144opendoar:2021-05-12T13:47:41Estudos de Sociologia - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Nanotechnology and risk: different perceptions about risks in carbon nanotubes
Nanotecnologia e riscos: diferentes percepções sobre riscos dos nanotubos de carbono
title Nanotechnology and risk: different perceptions about risks in carbon nanotubes
spellingShingle Nanotechnology and risk: different perceptions about risks in carbon nanotubes
Amorim, Tade-Ane
Risk
Carbon nanotubes
Sociology of science
Riscos
Nanotubos de carbono
Sociologia da ciência
title_short Nanotechnology and risk: different perceptions about risks in carbon nanotubes
title_full Nanotechnology and risk: different perceptions about risks in carbon nanotubes
title_fullStr Nanotechnology and risk: different perceptions about risks in carbon nanotubes
title_full_unstemmed Nanotechnology and risk: different perceptions about risks in carbon nanotubes
title_sort Nanotechnology and risk: different perceptions about risks in carbon nanotubes
author Amorim, Tade-Ane
author_facet Amorim, Tade-Ane
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Amorim, Tade-Ane
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Risk
Carbon nanotubes
Sociology of science
Riscos
Nanotubos de carbono
Sociologia da ciência
topic Risk
Carbon nanotubes
Sociology of science
Riscos
Nanotubos de carbono
Sociologia da ciência
description This paper points out how government agencies and private sector discuss the regulation of nanotechnology, showing that different regulation proposals are related to different perceptions of risk analysis. The paper analyzes documents that discuss regulations of the carbon nanotube produced by government agencies (EPA, in the United States, Royal Society, in the United Kingdom and the Ministry of Science and Technology, in Brazil), and chemical industries DuPont and Bayer. It was pointed out that facing the challenges posed by nanotechnology, scientists, industry and politicians present very different responses to face such challenges. It was observed that these different responses occur in parallel, there is no ‘development’, but a complex situation is drawn. It was found that there are significant differences in how risks are perceived and faced by such agencies and industries, and that these perceptions reflect, in a broader sense, the way such entities understand science.
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