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Big micro fears.
Australasian Business Intelligence, October, 2002
Oct 15, 2002 (The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX)
Some environmentalists are concerned that nanotechnology may create ultrahazardous contaminants. Kathy Jo Wetter, a researcher with the Canadian-based ETC Group, said nanoparticles could enter the bloodstream or groundwater, and could react with other things that are harmful, even if they themselves are not dangerous. Scientists indicate that such concerns are based mainly on speculation. Noting that nanotechnology involves well-known materials such as carbon, zinc and gold, scientists say new tools simply allow researchers to alter those materials at the atomic level. The US National Science Foundation's senior adviser on nanotechnology, Mihail Roco, says the technology may have some unexpected consequences,...
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