The Issues of Nano-Safety

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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A convincing read

[tyler_larson]

I must say, the points brought up by this article are much more convincing then the "gray goo" argument about "what if the machines take over the world?"

The NYT article actually presents some valid, observable concerns with existing technology and our bodies' abilities to deal with particles on that scale. A surprisingly interesting read.