Experts in government, industry, academia, and elsewhere agree that a long list of questions needs to be addressed if we are to develop nanotechnology as safely as possible. The challenge we face is to find answers that will enable producers and regulators to make sound, science-based decisions, and to develop an oversight system that inspires consumer confidence.
随着使用纳米技术的产品越来越多，我们需要了解它们可能带来的危险的新的科学信息。政府、工业、学术界和其他地方的专家认为如果我们想尽可能安全地开发纳米技术那就要解决一长串的问题。我们面临的挑战是寻找到能够使生产者和管理者作出合理的、有科学依据的决策以及建立一个能让消费者放心的监管体系的答案。