Practical Issues In Commercial And Regulatory Development Of Nanotechnology, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

This paper discusses the exciting changes brought on by the development of new commercial products with nanomaterials from medical devices to roof coverings to new products and services to protect EHS as a result of regulatory changes. Not only do new products based upon nanotechnology result in an ever-increasing sophisticated business economic model, but the new regulatory efforts will mean growth in both products and services devoted to safety of EHS from the existence of nanotechnology products. From the literature the rate of growth/change is increasing over time. Major advances are occurring in cycles as short as five-years or less. It will not be long until the early products with nano-materials become obsolete. At that point consideration must be given to a safe way to either dispose of or recycle the obsolete nano product. At that time even further commercial opportunities will become present for a nanotechnology garbage collection service or nanotechnology recycling line of business.