Nanotechnology, one of the fastest growing industries in history, is a major threat to human health and the environment. Or not. The fact is, when it comes to nanotech, we don’t have any idea what the facts are. Nonetheless, manufacturers are rushing ahead to add inadequately tested particles, one nanometer to 100 nanometers in size, to a wide and growing… return to article
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Reader Comments (2)Page 1 of 1 pagesPicture the poor designer — he has to come up with a way to fit the warning label on the packaging for these things.
Posted by whattheheck on Jan 24, 2008 at 8:00 AM From what else I have read on the subject, the term “Nanotech” is becoming confused with “Clean Tech” and “Green Tech”, as some of the nanotechnologies are used for Clean Tech (eg. solar panels) or Green Tech (biotech). So you should be skeptical when someone just blithley mentions that some new fangled thing is “Green Tech” or “Clean Tech” without also mentioning if it is Nanotech.
For more info check out:
http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/environmental/200708nanotech.html
http://www.ibfconferences.com/ibf/viewdetails.asp?lstconfname=183
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/01/organic-group-b.html
http://www.voyle.net/Nano Biz 05-100+/NanoBiz-05-100+-0099.htm
---John Thielking
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