Ministry of NanoEthics?

hlovy writes "Here's part of a blurb that promotes, Nanotechnology: Atom and Eve in the Garden of Eden," an upcoming conversation between Foresight Institute founder Eric Drexler and ETC Group head Pat Mooney: "Recent studies indicate that nanoscale materials now being commercialized pose potential hazards for human health and the environment." The "studies" were actually incomplete surveys of inconclusive toxicology reports, commissioned by ETC Group, itself. Even Greenpeace admits that no complete scientific study of the toxicity of nanomaterials has been yet been performed. Read Howard Lovy's NanoBot for commentary."

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Nanotechnology Now interviews on Ethics/Safety

[Dave21212]

This one is from Jeff Harrow (formerly of "The Rapidly Changing Face of Computing" when he was at Compaq Research).

It's an interview with some interesting names including a Senator, some techies, and a bunch of Nano/NBIC people. It's free trial for the whole thing on the magazine site, but Jeff has reprinted his discussion on his site.

Oh, and I highly recommend the Harrow Report newsletter to everyone here on /. - Jeff always has interesting info and insight.

From the site:

" Nanotechnology Now" magazine recently interviewed twelve people (including myself) who are involved with the emerging world of nanotechnology. They've now published the results of the interviews in Issue 2 of their "NanoNews" newsletter. All twelve of the participants' responses are available in that publication, which you can find through http://www.nanotech-now.com/newsletter/. Issue 2 specifically is available at no cost as part of their free trial subscription.

The participants include (with partial affiliations shown here):

* Sen. George Allen, U.S. Senator (R.-Va.)
* Morten Bogedal, CEO, Nordic Nanotech
* A.S. Daar, Professor of Public Health Sciences and of Surgery, University of Toronto
* Neil Gordon, Partner, Nanotechnology, with Sygertech
* Tim Harper, Founder & President, CMP Cientifica
* Jeffrey Harrow, Principal and Technologist, The Harrow Group
* Lerwen Liu, President, ABACUS Partners
* Cathy Murphy, Guy F. Lipscomb Professor of Chemistry, Univ. of S. Carolina
* Vic Pena, Co-founder & CEO, nanoTitan Inc.
* Ottilia Saxl, Ion European Board & Founding Director, The Institute of Nanotechnology
* Bo Varga, Principal and Strategic Consultant, The Strategic Synergy Group
* Dennis Wilson, Chief Technology Officer, Chairman of the Board, and Founder, Nanotechnologies, Inc.

However, if you don't wish to register on their site, you'll find the questions plus my answers (one-twelfth of the content) below, in this "Harrow Technology Report" Special Report.

The following twelve interview questions were developed by "Nanotechnology Now" Editor Rocky Rawstern, Chris Phoenix of the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN), and Tim Harper of Cientifica. "

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