Registration of nanomaterials and nano-enabled products: Solution in regulation and governance or new challenge

• Main Author: Karim, M.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: K Law (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/15751/1/NST2016_UITM_Nano.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/15751/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Regulation and governance of number and diversified types of nanomaterials has been a genuine challenge for the regulators around the world in recent times experience with the genetically modified food compelled the regulators, specially from the Europe take cautious move from the very beginning nanomaterials. One of the initial tasks in relation to regulation and governance is the registration of nanomaterials and development of the product registers. This paper intends to shed focus and evaluate the development of different registers materials and products. It is apparent that though some European regulators have initiated the registration process, other regulators like Australia and skeptical about the success of such initiative order to provide remedies for any possible future damage arising out of defective products or material the importance of such databases cannot be ignored.