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Nano Tech. Spurs Continued Health Concerns

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the jump-first-ask-questions-later dept.

* * Beatles-Beatles writes to tell us Yahoo is reporting that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is working hard to develop guidelines for working with nanomaterials. There have been no proven health risks due to nanomaterials but Pat Roy Mooney, executive director of the ETC Group (an Ottawa-based non-profit that studies the impact of technology on people and the environment) was quoted saying that "No one knows, and that's the problem." Some feel that continued research and testing is needed to understand the nano-age before continuing to jump with both feet.

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  1. Re:What happened to all the... by heinousjay · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Since you jumped on first post, I'll just say this:

    Sarah Silverman is freakin hot. I'd pump her six ways to sunday. Oh yeah.

    Throw me a nice off-topic mod, I guess. I deserve it.

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  2. Fifty bucks says... by werewolf1031 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...if he keeps this up, ScuttleMonkey will soon have to build a site like this one. Though given his track record so far, it'll probably just link back to Beatles-Beatles' site.

    I'm just wondering who's kneeling under whose desk...?

    Ack! Mental image! [shudder]