Transnational Models for Regulation of Nanotechnology

Like all technologies, nanotechnology will inevitably present risks, whether they result from unintentional effects of otherwise beneficial applications, or from the malevolent misuse of technology. Increasingly, risks from new and emerging technologies are being regulated at the international level, although governments and private experts are only beginning to consider the appropriate international responses to nanotechnology. In this paper, we explore both the potential risks posed by nanotechnology and potential regulatory frameworks that law may impose. In so doing, we also explore the various rationales for international regulation including the potential for cross-boundary harms, sharing of regulatory expertise and resources, controlling protectionism and trade conflicts, avoiding a "race to the bottom" in which governments seek economic advantage through lax regulation, and limiting the "nano divide" between North and South. Finally, we examine some models for international regulation and offer tentative thoughts on the prospects for each.     

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公安高职高专院校在办学20多年的时间里,存在着通才型、专才型和复合型三种人才培养规格的类型,其中复合型是公安高职高专院校适应公安机关人才需求的最佳选择,其主要内容包括坚定的政治信念、顽强的纪律作风、较为扎实的基础知识、过硬的业务技能、良好的心理素质和强健的体魄。面对新形势对公安人才的需求,公安高职高专课程体系原有的弊端必须革除,以复合型人才培养规格为指导,按照“理论够用、突出应用、强化能力、注重实践、整体优化”的原则,对原来的课程体系进行有效整合,构建大专业基础平台课程体系和专业课课程体系,以实现公安高职高专的人才培养目标。     

Food labeling: health claims; dietary noncariogenic carbohydrate sweeteners and dental caries. Final rule

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing its decision to authorize the use of a health claim regarding the association between sucralose and the nonpromotion of dental caries. Based on its review of evidence described in the proposed rule and comments submitted on the proposed rule, the agency has concluded that sucralose does not promote dental caries. Therefore, the agency has decided to amend the regulation that authorizes a health claim regarding noncariogenic carbohydrate sweeteners to include sucralose.     

Medical devices; immunology and microbiology devices; classification of reagents for detection of specific novel influenza A viruses. Final rule

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is classifying Reagents for detection of specific novel influenza A viruses into class II (special controls). Special controls that will apply to the device are the guidance document entitled, "Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Reagents for Detection of Specific Novel Influenza A Viruses" and limitations of distribution of these reagents. The agency is taking this action in response to a petition submitted under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act) as amended by the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990, the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997, and the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002. The agency is classifying the device into class II (special controls) in order to provide a reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness of the device. Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, FDA is publishing a notice of availability of a guidance document that is a special control for this device.     

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