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    Politics of nanotechnologies in food and agriculture

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    The chapter discusses the reasons for the delay in the regulatory intervention concerning nanotechnologies used in the agriculture and food sectors. The main finding is that unregulated introduction of nanoinnovation into the food system is due to the current neoliberal food policy and to the power struggles that characterize the economic, social and political dynamics within the global supply chain. Therefore, it is necessary to put the ‘question concerning technology’ at the center of the regulatory debate in order to implement a regulatory system able to face nanorisks. Which means looking at the way in which technology controls power relationships within society. Attention should be shifted from efficiency to power issues, and new technologies should be assessed from a political rather than an economic or ethical perspective

    Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles and Their Application in Cancer Therapy

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    none6simixedValeria De Matteis; Mariafrancesca Cascione; Loris Rizzello; Eva Liatsi-Douvitsa; Azzurra Apriceno; Rosaria RinaldiDE MATTEIS, Valeria; Cascione, Mariafrancesca; Rizzello, Loris; Liatsi-Douvitsa, Eva; Apriceno, Azzurra; Rinaldi, Rosari
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