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Published on: September 19, 2018
Beyond Implications and Applications: the Story of 'Safety by Design'
1Department of Information Studies, Center for Society and Genetics, UCLA, Rolfe Hall 1323, Box 957221, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7221 USA.
Abstract:
Using long-term anthropological observations at the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology in Houston, Texas, the article demonstrates in detail the creation of new objects, new venues and new modes of veridiction which have reoriented the disciplines of materials chemistry and nanotoxicology. Beginning with the confusion surrounding the meaning of 'implications' and 'applications' the article explores the creation of new venues (CBEN and its offshoot the International Council on Nanotechnology); it then demonstrates how the demands for a responsible, safe or ethical science were translated into new research and experiment in and through these venues. Finally it shows how 'safety by design' emerged as a way to go beyond implications and applications, even as it introduced a whole new array of controversies concerning its viability, validity and legitimacy.
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