THE RISE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY

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Nice to see that someone is at least paying attention---however the article doesn't come anywhere near to warning people about the rise of and lack of regulation of this incredibly dangerous technology.

 

This is an old article http://www.acronym.org.uk/dd/dd65/65op1.htm ---and since then we have made huge strides in using this technology---not the least of which for weapons purposes--and in secret through Black Ops projects without a doubt----and there is basically no oversight at all.

 

Any 'testing' that has been done points to the danger not only to people---but the environment itself that has no protection to materials of this size. It doesn't or shouldn't--take a rocket scientist to realize that a particle so small it goes through cell walls unaided will wreak havoc upon that cell.

 

Yet we carry on as if nothing was happening....We have completely abandoned any semblance of the Precautionary Principle...and those advocating restraint are scornfully derided as Luddites.

 

--- On Fri, 8/21/09, Viviane Lerner <vivlerner wrote:

Viviane Lerner <vivlerner THE RISE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY"NATURAL NEWS" <insiderCc: "ALTERNET" <joshua.holland, "HEALTH & HEALING" Received: Friday, August 21, 2009, 2:14 PM

http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/121841/The-rise-of-nanotechnology/

 

THE RISE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY

Is suncream even safe?

Friday August 21,2009

By John Ingham

WHEN you slap on the suncream, you might think you are safeguarding your health.

But you may instead be exposing yourself to a technology in its infancy - and which manufacturers have every right to keep secret.Nanotechnology is booming. It uses materials measured in nanometres or one billionth of a metre -80,000 times smaller than the width of human hair.The nano-market is expected to be worth £170 billion worldwide next year amid promises of glittering benefits such as faster computers, better medicines, longer-lasting food and purer water. Already nanotechnology is being used in products as diverse as suncream and Roger Federer’s tennis racquets. More ominously, it is also being put into food.A Friends of the Earth study last year found 104 food products, including processed food and packaging, using nanoparticles.Not that you would know. There is no legal requirement

for products containing nanomaterial to be labelled.Yet, incredibly, there is also no real safety testing regime for the technology.The Government admits there is no legislation specific to nanotechnology. Instead, it is covered by general safety regulations.The underlying assumption is that nanomaterials are the same as larger particles. But tiny nanoparticles are more easily absorbed into the human body. The US-based ETC group says 70 nanometre particles can enter the lungs.

There is also evidence that some of these particles can be toxic. This week the European Respiratory Journal, as revealed in the Daily Express, reported the first known deaths of humans exposed to nanoparticles.Two female Chinese sweatshop workers suffered lung failure blamed on nanoparticles in the adhesive paint they used every day.Most of us, happily don’t work in sweatshops. But Greenpeace warns that the technology is “racing ahead of the regulatory frameworkâ€. Before exposing us to these profit-driven “miracle†products, Governments worldwide have a duty to ensure beyond reasonable doubt that they are safe. And every product containing these wonder particles should be labeled - so you and I can decide for ourselves

whether we want to be exposed to them.

 

 

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