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."

Comments

That's understandable

[Anonymous Coward]

It's pretty easy for scientists to kill the public. Nano stuff seems a bit tougher to kill.

A phone survey regarding the dangers of nanotech?

[pgillan]

How come I never get cool questions like this?

nano safety

[morgan_greywolf]

For maximum nano safety, just specify the -B, -N, and -t options.

Oh, wait, you were talking about something else!

Re:A phone survey regarding the dangers of nanotec

[LingNoi]

...Because you would hold up the call operator for 40 minutes discussing the benefits of which OS the nanobots should run centred around some kind of car analogy?