CST published a call for evidence on Thursday 6th July. The press release announcing the call for evidence can be found here. The deadline for submissions was Monday 2nd October.
The call asked for written submissions on the following issues
- The extent to which Government has taken forward the commitments described in its Response
- The timelines and effectiveness of the actions taken by Government
- Whether there have been significant developments in nanoscience/nanotechnology since February 2005 which raise new issues that Government did not address in its Response, and should now.
The following evidence has been submitted to the review:
- The BSI Nanotechnologies Standardisation Committee (NTI/1)
- Department of Health
- European Nanotechnology Trade Alliance
- Greenpeace
- HM Government (scanned pdf file 9338KB) word version can be accessed here (154KB)
- Juergen Altmann
- Nanotechnology Engagement Group
- Nanotechnolgy Industries Association
- Royal Society/Royal Academy of Engineering
- Royal Society of Chemistry/Institute of Physics
- Safety of Nanomaterials Interdisciplinary Research Centre
- The Soil Association
- The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
A summary of the evidence can be accessed here.
The following papers are referred to in the response from the Woodrow Wilson Centre
Managing the Effects of Nanotechnology ; Informed Public Perceptions of Nanotechnology and Trust in Government ; Hart Research - Report Findings ; Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Food Production ; Nanotechnology: A Research Strategy for Addressing Risk ; The Nanotechnology Consumer Products Inventory