Nano Safety Worries Scientists More Than Public

Nanotech Coward writes "The unknown human health and environmental impacts of nanotechnology are a bigger worry for scientists than for the public, according to a new report in the journal Nature Nanotechnology. The new report was based on a national telephone survey of American households and a sampling of 363 leading U.S. nanotechnology scientists and engineers. It reveals that those with the most insight into a technology with enormous potential — and that is already emerging in hundreds of products — are unsure what health and environmental problems might be posed by the technology."

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Re:not surprising

[UbuntuDupe]

I don't have any particular opinion about human cloning, except for the fact that I don't see any actual point in it. Animal cloning is done to strengthen the breed, technically, so either we're advocating some kind of eugenics, which is just inherently a bad idea,

Whoa whoa whoa, you're saying that breeding better animals is bad, because it's some kind of eugenics, and eugenics is inherently a bad idea?

Hey, I just ran that through Amazon's software and here's what it turned up:

People who used that line of argumentation also argued:

-Corporations are bad because they try to make a profit. Governments are bad because they're corporations. (Specifically, non-profit corporations.)
-Monopolies are bad because they have the power to manipulate the market and charge too much. Intellectual property is bad because it's a monopoly. So is all property.
-Environmental protection should be a top priority because it's a prerequisite for humanity to continue existing. We shouldn't colonize other planets, because that would mess up the environment.
-Murder is bad because it takes someone's life without their consent. Physician assisted suicide is murder. Therefore, it's wrong.

Hello Mr. Strawman.

[SatanicPuppy]

I think you should look at the definition of Eugenics before you start talking about animal cloning because it doesn't apply to that...Unless you're being cute and saying that all animals (including humans) are equal, in which case I think you'll find that you're in complete agreement with PETA, which is, I doubt, what you want.

As for the rest, you can shove your trollish delusions up your ass until I actually say any of those things.