Worldwide Emerging Environmental Issues Affecting the U.S. Military. October 2005 Report

• Other Authors: FEDERATION OF UN ASSOCIATIONS WASHINGTON DC MILLENNIUM PROJECT
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Military Forces and Organizations; Environmental Health and Safety; *ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; *MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES); RISK; SECURITY; ENERGY; GASES; FUELS; DRINKING WATER; MELTING; CLIMATE; STANDARDS; CARCINOGENS; AFRICA; UNITED NATIONS; PASSENGER VEHICLES; INFLUENZA; CHEMICAL DETECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GLACIERS; REFUGEES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL LAW; EUROPEAN UNION; EMISSION; BIOTERRORISM; FOREIGN POLICY; HEALTH EFFECTS; MARINE PROTECTIONS AREAS; FLUORINATED GASES; CLIMATE CHANGE; RISING SEA LEVELS; AVIAN FLU; GLOBAL WARMING; REACH(REGISTRATION EVALUATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF CHEMICALS); RISK ASSESSMENT; Avian flu
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA528687; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA528687

The International Organization for Standardization established in June 2005 the Technical Committee for Nanotechnologies (ISO/TC 229) with Chair and Secretariat in the UK. The scope of ISO/TC 229 is to produce standards for "classification, terminology and nomenclature, basic metrology, characterization, including calibration and certification, risk and environmental issues." The first meeting of the new Committee will be held on 9-11 November 2005 in London, organized by the British Standards Institution (BSI). Relevant military personnel should consider contacting the U.S. representatives (American National Standards Institute) on TC 229 Nanotechnologies to provide input on concerns and/or methodologies and also to be kept informed and prepared to comply with the eventual standards to be set. Prepared in cooperation with Battelle Columbus Operations, OH.