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The Issues of Nano-Safety

Posted by Hemos on from the nano-nano-nano dept.

Ineffable 27 writes "Today's New York Times has an interesting article looking at some of the emerging research into the health and safety risks of nanotech and nanomaterials." Free reg. blah blah. It's a decent article, but it's the same type of questions that groups like The Foresight Institute have been thinking about for a long long time now.

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  1. some other links by stonebeat.org · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here are some other links about issues with nano-tech http://www.theecologist.org/searchResults.html?arc hiveOnly=1&searchString=nanotechnology&Search=Sear ch and here is a one that talk abouts issues with brain implants to boost intelligence.

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  2. Yet another article by Scalli0n · · Score: 5, Informative

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