Footnotes

[1] Submission 25, Additional information 10.11.05, p.4 (Mr R White et al for ASDC).

[2] Submission 25, Additional information 10.11.05, pp.4-5 (Mr R White et al for ASDC).

[3] Submission 32, pp.1-5 (Dust Diseases Board of NSW).

[4] O'Neill P & P Prince, Asbestos-related Claims (Management of Commonwealth Liabilities) Bill 2005 and Asbestos-related Claims (Management of Commonwealth Liabilities) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2005, Bills Digest, nos 175-176, 2004-05, at www.aph.gov.au/Library/pubs/bd/2004-05/05bd175.htm

[5]     Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.2 (DEWR); see also Submission 11, p.2 (DEWR).

[6] Submission 11, pp.3-4 (DEWR).

[7] Submission 13, p.3 (CFMEU); NOHSC, Regulation Impact Statement on the Proposed Amendments to the National Exposure Standards for Crystalline Silica, October 2004, p.16.

[8] In 2005, NOHSC became the Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC).

[9] NOHSC Regulatory Impact Statement, pp.18-19.

[10] Submission 11, p.4 (DEWR).

[11] Submission 26, p.3 (WHS).

[12] Submission 13, p.2 (CFMEU); see also Submissions 14, Additional information, 2.12.05 (CCAA); 20, pp.8-9 (AIOH); 32, p.2 (Dust Diseases Board of NSW).

[13] Submission 14, Additional information, 2.12.05, p.4 (CCAA).

[14] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.5 (CCAA).

[15] Submission 14, Additional information, 2.12.05, p.4 (CCAA).

[16] Submission 14, Additional information, 2.12.05, p.4 (CCAA).

[17] Submission 14, Additional information, 2.12.05, p.4 (CCAA).

[18] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.36 (Dr Faunce).

[19] Department of Health and Human Services, NIOSH Hazard Review: Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica, Publication No 2002-129, April 2002, www.cdc.gov/niosh/pdfs/02-129.pdf, p.v.

[20] de Klerk NH, Ambrosini GL, Pang SC and Musk AW, 'Silicosis Compensation in Western Australian Gold Miners Since the Introduction of an Occupational Exposure Standard for Crystalline Silica', Annals of Occupational Hygiene,  Vol 46, No 8, pp.687-692, 2002.

[21] Submission 26, p.3 (WHS).

[22] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, pp.40, 43 (Somersby Action Committee).

[23] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, pp.1, 4 (CCAA).

[24] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.17 (CCAA).

[25] Submission 1, p.2 (Whyalla Red Dust Action Group).

[26] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, pp.26, 28 (Prof EH Walters).

[27] Submission 3, p.2 (Prof EH Walters).

[28] Submission 3, p.3 (Prof EH Walters).

[29] Institute for Environment and Health, Review of Literature on chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema and occupational Exposure, January 2005, p.4.

[30] NIOSH Hazard Review, p.vi.

[31] Submission 3, p.3 (Prof EH Walters); see also Committee Hansard 10.11.05, pp.29, 30 (Prof EH Walters).

[32] Submission 20, p.12 (AIOH).

[33] NOHSC, Regulatory Impact Statement, p.13.

[34] Submission 13, p.2 (CFMEU).

[35] NIOSH Hazard Review, p.v.

[36] NOHSC, Regulatory Impact Statement, p.14.

[37] Submission 20, p.10 (AIOH).

[38] Submission 20, p.12 (AIOH).

[39] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.22 (CFMEU).

[40] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.15 (MCA).

[41] Submission 14, Additional information, 2.12.05, p.5 (CCAA).

[42] Submission 14, Additional information, 2.12.05, p.5 (CCAA).

[43] Submission 26, pp.3-4 (WHS).

[44] Submission 26, p.7 (WHS).

[45] Dust Diseases Board, A Guide to Compensated Occupational Lung Disease in NSW, p.6.

[46] NOHSC Regulatory Impact Statement, p.13.

[47] NIOSH Hazard Review; see also Submission 26, p.5 (WHS).

[48] Submission 45, p.2 (Mr J Edwards).

[49] Newman LS, 'Toxic Beryllium: New Solutions for a Chronic Problem', Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol 109, No 2, Feb 2001; see also Submission 24, p.5 (Dr G Pain).

[50] Submission 45, p.1 (Mr J Edwards).

[51] Submission 20, p.16 (AIOH).

[52] Submission 28, p.4 (ACTU).

[53] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.33 (CFMEU).

[54] Submission 20, p.17 (AIOH).

[55] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.7 (Dr Bisby).

[56] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.15 (Dr Bisby).

[57] Submission 20, p.18 (AIOH).

[58] Submission 32, p.4 (Dust Diseases Board of NSW).

[59]   Submission 32, p.3 (Dust Diseases Board of NSW).

[60] Submission 13, p.3 (CFMEU).

[61] Submission 11, p.5 (DEWR).

[62] Submission 32, p.6 (Dust Diseases Board of NSW).

[63] Submission 32, p.7 (Dust Diseases Board of NSW); Submission 28, Additional Information (ACTU).

[64] Submission 9, p.8 (ANZSRS).

[65] Submission 12, p.2 (WorkSafe WA).

[66] Submission 26, p.26 (WHS).

[67] Submission 26, p.26 (WHS).

[68] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.15 (MCA).

[69] Committee Hansard 10.10.05, pp.16,18 (MCA).

[70] Submission 20, pp.21-22 (AIOH).

[71] Submission 22, p.4 (Mr B Ham).

[72] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.89 (ACTU); 30.9.05, p.25 (CFMEU); see also Submission 28, p.8 (ACTU).

[73] Dust Diseases Board of NSW, A Guide to Compensated Occupational Lung Disease in NSW, p.13.

[74] Submission 26, p.10 (WHS).

[75] Submission 11, p.5 (DEWR).

[76] Submission 11, p.6 (DEWR).

[77] Submission 11, Additional information, 19.12.05 (DEWR).

[78] Submission 11, p.6 (DEWR).

[79] Submission 11, p.7 (DEWR).

[80] Submission 11, p.9 (DEWR).

[81] Submission 11, p.8 (DEWR).

[82] Submission 20, p.11 (AIOH).

[83] Submission 14, p.6 (CCAA).

[84] NOHSC Regulation Impact Statement on the Proposed Amendments to the National Exposure Standards for Crystalline Silica, October 2004, p.25.

[85] NOHSC Regulatory Impact Statement, p.19.

[86] Submission 20, p.11 (AIOH).

[87] Wan KC and Lee E, 'Silicosis in Western Australia from 1984 to 1993', Journal of Environmental Medicine, 1:27-35.

[88] Committee Hansard 20.9.05, p.53 (Coal Services).

[89] Submission 20, p.12 (AIOH).

[90] Submission 26, p.6 (WHS).

[91] Submission 26, p.22 (WHS).

[92] Submission 20, p.12 (AIOH).

[93] Submission 20, p.12 (AIOH).

[94] Submission 14, pp.2, 7 (CCAA).

[95] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.6 (Dr J Bisby).

[96] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.7 (Dr J Bisby).

[97] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.27 (Prof E Walters).

[98] NOHSC Regulatory Impact Statement, p.21.

[99] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.24 (CFMEU).

[100] Submission 29, Silicosis – A new claims complex in liability insurance, p.20 (Munich Holdings of Australasia).

[101] de Klerk NH, Ambrosini GL, Pang SC and Musk AW, 'Silicosis Compensation in Western Australian Gold Miners Since the Introduction of an Occupational Exposure Standard for Crystalline Silica', Annals of Occupational Hygiene,  Vol 46, No 8, pp.687-692, 2002.

[102] Submission 26, p.6 (WHS).

[103] NOHSC Regulatory Impact Statement, pp.17-18.

[104] Submission 19, p.3 (Mr N Karakasch).

[105] Submission 19, p.4 (Mr N Karakasch).

[106] Submission 20, p.10 (AIOH).

[107] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.26 (AIOH).

[108] Submission 20, p.12 (AIOH).

[109] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.3 (CCAA).

[110] Submission 7, p.1 (Prof T Williams).

[111] Submission 7, pp.1-2 (Prof T Williams).

[112] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.27 (Prof E Walters).

[113] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.31 (Prof E Walters).

[114] Submission 20, p.12 (AIOH).

[115] NOHSC Regulatory Impact Statement, p.2.

[116] NOHSC Regulatory Impact Statement, p.21.

[117] Submission 45, Additional information, 19.12.05 (Mr J Edwards).

[118] Submission 24, pp.4-5 (Dr G Pain).

[119]    Submission 45, Additional information 19.12.05, 21.3.06 (Mr J Edwards).

[120] Submission 21, p.9 (Coal Services).

[121] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.46 (ALA).

[122] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.50 (ALA).

[123] Submission 28, p.7 (ACTU).

[124] Submission 7, p.2 (Prof T Williams).

[125] NOHSC, Regulation Impact Statement on the Proposed Amendments to the National Exposure Standards for Crystalline Silica, October 2004, p.20.

[126] Submission 9, p.6 (ANZSRS).

[127] Submission 21, p.9 (Coal Services).

[128] Submission 14, p.6 (CCAA).

[129] Submission 14, p.6 (CCAA).

[130] Submission 7, p.2 (Professor T Williams).

[131] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.88 (ACTU).

[132] Submission 13, p.3 (CFMEU).

[133] Committee Hansard p.39 (Dr Faunce).

[134] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.68 (ANZSRS).

[135] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.68 (ANZSRS).

[136] Submission 26, p.3 (WHS).

[137] Submission 22, p.4 (Mr B Ham).

[138] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.94 (ACTU).

[139] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.88 (ACTU).

[140] NOHSC, National Model Regulations for the Control of Workplace Hazardous Substances, [NOHSC: 1005 (1994)]; Guidelines for Health Surveillance, [NOHSC: 7039(1995)]. See also Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.9 (DEWR).

[141] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.9 (DEWR).

[142] Submission 23, p.3 (MCA).

[143] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, pp.52, 55 (Coal Services).

[144] Submission 32, p.5 (Dust Diseases Board of NSW).

[145] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, pp.8, 11 (CCAA).

[146] Submission 23, p.4 (MCA).

[147] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.82 (AMWU).

[148] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.30 (CFMEU).

[149] Submission 23, p.4 (MCA).

[150] Submission 9, p.7; Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.68 (ANZSRS).

[151] Submission 9, p.8 (ANZSRS).

[152] See for example, Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.8 (CCAA); p.32 (CFMEU); p.53 (Coal Services).

[153] Submission 9, p.5 (ANZSRS).

[154] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.82 (AMWU).

[155] Submission 45, p.2 (Mr J Edwards).

[156] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.10 (CCAA).

[157] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.55 (Coal Services); see also Submission 21, p.9 (Coal Services).

[158]    Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.68 (ANZSRS).

[159] Submission 17, p.1 (Mr RE Devlin).

[160] Submission 25, p.5 (Mr R White et al).

[161] Submission 25, p.6 (Mr R White et al).

[162] Submission 11, p.2 (DEWR).

[163] Submission 11, p.2 (DEWR).

[164] Submission 11, p.2; see also Additional information, 10.11.05 (DEWR).

[165] Submission 11, p.3 (DEWR).

[166] Submission 11, p.3 (DEWR).

[167] Submission 11, pp.4-5 (DEWR).

[168] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.11 (DEWR).

[169] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.24 (AIOH).

[170] Submission 26, p.15 (WHS).

[171] Submission 26, p.10 (WHS).

[172] Submission 26, p.14 (WHS).

[173] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.6 (DEWR).

[174] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, pp.6-7 (DEWR).

[175] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.1 (DEWR).

[176] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.1 (DEWR).

[177] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.6 (DEWR).

[178] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.2 (DEWR).

[179] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.2 (DEWR).

[180] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, pp.2-3 (DEWR).

[181] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.16 (MCA).

[182] Submission 26, pp.17, 22 (WHS).

[183] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.41 (Mr N Karakasch).

[184] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.23 (CFMEU).

[185] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.26 (CFMEU).

[186] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.28 (CFMEU).

[187] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.13 (CMPA).

[188] Submission 20, p.20 (AIOH).

[189] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.24 (AIOH).

[190] Submission 20, p.19 (AIOH).

[191] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.28 (AIOH).

[192] Submission 20, p.21 (AIOH).

[193] Submission 20, Additional information 18.11.05 (AIOH).

[194] Submission 33, p.2 (AMA).

[195] Submission 27, p.3 (ALA).

[196] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.87 (ACTU); Submissions 13, pp.3, 4 (CFMEU) 28, p.6 (ACTU).

[197] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.24 (CFMEU).

[198] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.31 (AIOH); p.13 (CMPA).

[199] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.16 (CCAA).

[200] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.2 (CCAA).

[201] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.51 (Coal Services).

[202] Submission 21, p.8 (Coal Services).

[203] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.2 (DEWR).

[204] Committee Hansard 10.11.05 pp.40-41 (Mr R White).

[205] Submission 35, p.2 (Victorian Workcover Authority).

[206] Submission 12, p.2 (WorkSafe WA); see also Submission 26, p.24 (WHS) for information available from the Queensland Government.

[207] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.24 (AIOH).

[208] Submission 21, p.8 (Coal Services).

[209] Submission 14, p.3 (CCAA).

[210] Submission 14, p.3 (CCAA); see also Submission 14, pp.4-5 (CCAA) for detailed information on controls and management systems.

[211] Submission 20, p.20 (AIOH).

[212] Submission 14, p.3 (CCAA).

[213] Submission 28, p.7 (ACTU).

[214] Submission 20, p.20 (AIOH).

[215] Submission 26, p.22 (WHS).

[216] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.87 (ACTU); see also Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.24 (CFMEU).

[217] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.17 (CMPA).

[218] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, pp.12-13 (DEWR).

[219] Submission 7, p.2 (Professor T Williams).

[220] NOHSC, Draft Technical Report on Crystalline Silica, 1996, AGPS, Canberra.

[221] NOHSC, Regulation Impact Statement on the Proposed Amendments to the National Exposure Standards for Crystalline Silica, October 2004, p.25.

[222] NOHSC Regulatory Impact Statement, p.67.

[223] Submission 11, p.4 (DEWR).

[224] Submission 28, p.5 (ACTU).

[225] Committee Hansard 29.09.05 (ACTU); see also Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.23 (CFMEU).

[226] Submission 15, Additional information p.2 (AMWU); Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.27 (CFMEU).

[227] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.27 (CFMEU).

[228] Submission 26, p.4 (WHS).

[229] Committee Hansard 29.9.05 p.24 (Mr Jennings).

[230] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.27 (Mr Jennings).

[231] Submission 20, Additional information, p.1 (AIOH).

[232] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.17 (CMPA); see also p.20 (CMPA).

[233] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.2 (CCAA).

[234] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.15 (MCA).

[235] Submission 21, p.6 (Coal Services).

[236] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.52 (Coal Services).

[237] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.1 (DEWR).

[238] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.10 (DEWR).

[239] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.11 (DEWR).

[240] Submission 45, p.3 (Mr J Edwards).

[241]    Submission 45, Additional information 21.3.06 (Mr J Edwards).

[242] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.84 (AMWU).

[243] Submission 32, pp.8-9 (Dust Diseases Board).

[244] Submission 35, p.2 (Victorian Workcover Authority).

[245] Ebrief, www.normans.com.au/news/empl_issue37_jan2006.html

[246] The Hon P Holloway, Legislative Council Hansard, 1.12.05.

[247] Submission 15, Additional information, p.2. (AMWU).

[248] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.49 (Dr T Faunce).

[249] Submission 13, p.4 (CFMEU).

[250] Committee Hansard 30.9.05, p.13 (Dr J Bisby)

[251] Submission 25, p.2 (ASDC).

[252] Submission 15, Additional Information p.4 (AMWU).

[253] Committee Hansard 10.11.05. p,39 (Dr Faunce).

[254] Submission 21, p.7 (Coal Services).

[255] Submission 25, p.3 (ASDC).

[256] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.38 (Dr Faunce).

[257] Committee Hansard 10.11.2005. p,30 (Prof Walters).

[258] Submission 25, p.10 (ASDC).

[259] Submission 25, p.10 (ASDC).

[260] Submission 42, p.6. (Mr AF Hobday).

[261] Submission 27, p.4 (ALA).

[262] Submission 15, Additional Information, p.2 (AMWU). The UADFA is collectively, the Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia, the Queensland Asbestos Related Diseases Support Society, the CFMEU (Construction Division – NSW), Maritime Union of Australia (NSW) and AMWU.

[263] Submission 32, p.9 (Dust Diseases Board of NSW).

[264] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.35 (Mr R White).

[265] Submission 28, p.8 (ACTU).

[266] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.43 (Mr N Karakasch).

[267]    Committee Hansard 29.9.05, pp.50 (ALA).

[268] Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council Working Group, Nanotechnology: Enabling technologies for Australian innovative industries, 11.03.05, p.3.

[269] PMSEIC, p.9.

[270] PMSEIC, p.8; for more detailed information on examples of nanotechnology, see PMSEIC, p.13-17.

[271] The Royal Society & The Royal Academy of Engineering, Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies: opportunities and uncertainties, London,  July 2004, p.2.

[272] Institute of Occupational Medicine for the Health and Safety Executive, Nanoparticles: An occupational hygiene review, Research Report 274, 2004, p.10. www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr274.htm

[273] Hazards Magazine, 'Dangers come in small particles', Issue 87. www.hazards.org/nanotech/safety.htm

[274] NIOSH, Nanotechnology and Occupational Safety and Health Research www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/faq.html

[275] Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars, New Nanotechnology Consumer Products Inventory, www.wilsoncenter.org

[276] The Royal Society-Science Council of Japan, Report of a Joint Workshop on impacts of nanotechnologies, July 2005, p.2.

[277] PMSEIC, p.11.

[278] Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, A Nanotechnology Consumer Products Inventory, www.nanotechproject.org/consumerproducts

[279] Submission 10, p.7 (Friends of the Earth).

[280] PMSEIC, p.11.

[281] PMSEIC, p.9.

[282] NIOSH, Nanotechnology and Occupational Safety and Health Research, http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/faq.html

[283] Submission 10, p.12 (Friends of the Earth).

[284] Submission 10, p.6 (Friends of the Earth).

[285] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.58 (Friends of the Earth).

[286] Submission 10, p.8 (Friends of the Earth).

[287] UK Health and Safety Executive, p.12.

[288] UK Health and Safety Executive, pp.12-14.

[289] The Royal Society-Science Council of Japan, p.3.

[290] Submission 23, p.4 (MCA).

[291] Submission 10, p.8 (Friends of the Earth) citing Wichmann HE and Peters A, 'Epidemiological evidence of the effects of ultrafine particle exposure', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London, 2000, A 358:2751-2769.

[292] Submission 10, p.9 (Friends of the Earth).

[293] Committee Hansard 29.0.05, p.55 (Friends of the Earth).

[294] Submission 10, p.10 (Friends of the Earth).

[295] Submission 28, p.9, Additional Information, p.2 (ACTU).

[296] NIOSH, Approaches to Safe Nanotechnology: An Information Exchange with NIOSH www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/nano_exchange.html

[297] Submission 20, p.24 (AIOH).

[298] Submission 15, p.2 (AMWU).

[299] Submission 29.9.05, p.55 (Friends of the Earth).

[300] Committee Hansard 29.0.05, p.56; Submission 10, p.4 (Friends of the Earth).

[301] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.31 (AIOH).

[302] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.60 (Friends of the Earth).

[303] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.57 (Friends of the Earth).

[304] NIOSH, www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/faq.html

[305] ISO, ISO launches work on nanotechnology standards, 16.11.05, www.iso.org/iso/en/commcentre/pressreleases/archives/2005/Ref980.html

[306] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.8 (GeneEthics Network).

[307] Submission 26, p.25 (WHS).

[308] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, pp.59-60 (Friends of the Earth).

[309] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.61 (Friends of the Earth).

[310] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.57 (Friends of the Earth).

[311] Submission 31, p.1 (GeneEthics Network).

[312] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.5 (GeneEthics Network).

[313] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.60 (Friends of the Earth).

[314] Submission 20, p.25 (AIOH).

[315] Submission 15, pp.2-3 (AMWU).

[316] Submission 28, p.10 (ACTU).

[317] Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.90 (ACTU).

[318] Submissions 10, p.17 (Friends of the Earth); 31, p.1 (GeneEthics Network); seel also Committee Hansard 29.9.05, p.61 (Friends of the Earth).

[319] Submission 10, p.17 (Friends of the Earth).

[320] Submission 31A, p.2 (GeneEthics Network).

[321] Committee Hansard 10.11.05, p.2 (DEWR).

[322] The Royal Society & The Royal Academy of Engineering, Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies: opportunities and uncertainties, London,  July 2004.

[323] The Royal Society & The Royal Academy of Engineering, p.41.

[324] The Royal Society & The Royal Academy of Engineering, p.80.

[325] The Royal Society & The Royal Academy of Engineering, p.80.

[326] The Royal Society & The Royal Academy of Engineering, p.81.

[327] The Royal Society & The Royal Academy of Engineering, pp.8-10.

[328] HM Government, Response to the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering Report: Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies: opportunities and uncertainties, February 2005, p.5.

[329] HM Government, February 2005, p.10.

[330] HM Government, February 2005, p.16.

[331] HM Government, Characterising the potential risks posed by engineered nanoparticles: a first UK Government research report, December 2005. www.defra.gov.uk/environment/nanotech/nrcg/pdf/nanoparticles-riskreport.pdf

[332] HM Government, December 2005, pp.5-6.

[333] NIOSH, Nanotechnology and Workplace Safety and Health, www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-175/pdfs/2004-175.pdf

[334] NIOSH, Approaches to Safe Nanotechnology: An Information Exchange with NIOSH, www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/nano_exchange.html

[335] NIOSH, Strategic Plan for NIOSH Nanotechnology Research: Filling the Knowledge Gaps, www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/strat_plan.html

[336] NIOSH, Strategic Plan.

[337] US Senate Commerce, Science and Transport Committee, Testimony, 15.2.06, EC Teague, Director, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office.

[338] Royal Society-Science Council of Japan, pp.4-8.

[339] IRGC, Survey on Nanotechnology Governance, December 2005 www.irgc.org/_cgidata/mhscms/_images/12384-3-2.pdf

[340] PMSEIC, Nanotechnology: Enabling technologies for Australian innovative industries, 11 March 2005, p.i.

[341] PMSEIC, p.4.

[342] PMSEIC, p.4.

[343] PMSEIC, pp.6-7.

[344] Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, 'A Big Strategy for Nanotech: The Industry of the Small', Media Release, 5.2.06.

[345] Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources¸ Nanotechnology, www.industry.gov.au/content/itrinternet/cmscontent.cfm?objectID=E2FE4F8A-4E44-4785-A6A01BE137E0E524#Task_force_established

[346] Submission 11, p.10 (DEWR).

[347]    NICNAS, Nanomaterials – call for information, Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No C02 7 February 2006.