Title :
Life Cycle Assessment in regulatory decision-making
Author :
Bosso, Christopher ; Isaacs, Jacqueline ; Walker, William
Author_Institution :
Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
Government agencies face demands for more use of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in making decisions on the health and environmental dimensions of nano-enabled products. This paper is a preliminary assessment of the current utilization of life cycle approaches in the U.S. regulatory system. It notes the absence of legal authority for LCA in most U.S. environmental and health laws, and observes how long embedded statutory authority may preclude use of LCA where it most needed.
Keywords :
environmental legislation; health and safety; life cycle costing; nanotechnology; LCA use; US environmental law; US health law; US regulatory system; United States; embedded statutory authority; environmental dimension; government agency; health dimension; legal authority; life cycle assessment; nano-enabled product; regulatory decision making; Decision making; Europe; Government; Law; Nanomaterials; Nanotechnology; environment; product life cycle management; sustainable development;
Conference_Titel :
Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2003-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISSST.2012.6228024
