Rulemaking
The U.S. Administrative Procedure Act, which defines a process by which agencies may promulgate regulations and establishes a procedure to provide court access for reviewing agency decisions. When an agency wishes to make any kind of change to its body of rules whether that be to promulgate a new rule, abolish an old rule, or make an amendment to an existing rule it must follow the procedure outlined in the act. A principal objective of this procedure is to ensure that there is some opportunity...
B Examples of Regulation of Nanotechnology 1 Health and Safety Regulations
On June 1, 1992, the New York Times published an opinion piece by Sheldon Krimsky titled Tomatoes May Be Dangerous to Your Health, in which Dr. Krimsky criticized the exemption of genetically engineered crops from certain levels of review by the Food and Drug Administration. This article was met with a response by Paul Lewis, in which the term Frankenfood was coined to refer to food derived from such crops 16 Tomatoes May be Dangerous to Your Health Op-Ed, June 1 by Sheldon Krimsky is right to...