Update on Berkeley Nanotech Regulations

On a December 2006 article, I suggested this interpretation for the new Berkeley Nanotechnology Regulation:

1. The duty is to report, no more, no less

1. There are no exact standard as to the form of the report
2. General minimum disclosure standards may apply. Producers shall disclose anything within the boundaries of their present knowledge. Non disclosure may arise civil liability
3. It only applies to "manufactured" nanoparticles produced in the Jurisdiction of the city of Berkeley. That means, natural nanoparticle or nanoparticle resulting from side-reaction could be exempted from this regulation. This could also mean that nanoparticles being imported to Berkeley is outside the scope of this regulation
4. The city cannot ban production and sale of nanoparticles by simply basing itself on the regulation. These are EPA's authority
5. The regulation does not regulate nanotechnology as a whole! It only regulates nanoparticle. Obviously, nanostructures are exempted from this regulation
6. There could be problems with regards to the definition of "nanoparticle"

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