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. 2009 Jun 17;11(7):1573–1585. doi: 10.1007/s11051-009-9671-5

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