Alert over the march of the 'grey goo' in nanotechnology Frankenfoods

Daily Mail by Sean Poulter | Jan. 2, 2008 (Special Report)

A breed of Frankenfood is being introduced into human diet and cosmetics with potentially disastrous consequences, experts said last night.

Academics, consumer groups and Government officials are warning that the arrival of nanotechnology threatens dangerous changes to the body and the environment.

The particles it uses are so small - 80,000 times thinner than a human hair - that they can pass through membranes protecting the brain or ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jan 2, 2008 - 7:32 PM PST
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Marty Heyman
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 by Marty Heyman - Oct. 1, 2008

It is a decent article that contains many non-controversial facts. It rather rambles and abruptly ends with a factoid that is quite a bit more troubling than much of the rest of the otherwise bland copy. If those opposed to rapid deployment of nano-tech are right, the effects will be hard to reverse or overcome. The sequence of facts in the story tends to bury that under all the optimism of many of the following examples.

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

Any technology with such risks identified should have the burden of proof that it is not harmful to people and the environment prior to it being marketed to the public. Particles of this size are a radical technology shift. The article raises an appropriate alarm and concern. The nature of the solution is yet to be determined.

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