Table 3.

Summary statistics for adequacy of existing nanotechnology regulations

Thinking about applications of nanotechnology in each of the following areas, please indicate to which degree you think current regulations are sufficient or we need new regulations to address the new realities created by nanotechnology
	1 = Current regulations are sufficient (%)	2 (%)	3 (%)	4 (%)	5 = We need new regulations (%)
Surveillance and privacy	14.4	13.2	27.3	19.5	25.5
Biological engineering/human enhancement	12.5	9.7	23.1	31.6	23.1
Medical field	14.5	13.3	27.1	27.4	17.8
Environment and energy	17.2	13.6	29.8	22.9	16.6
Military and defense	19.1	13.7	29.5	21.6	16.1
Cosmetics	17.9	16.7	25.5	24.0	15.8
Machines and computers	35.1	20.1	27.9	9.9	6.9