Nanotechnology Dangerous for Your Health and The Environment?
The British Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) has called that more research be done on any possible effects that it could have on people health as well as the environment. The report they issued was Novel Materials in the Environment: The case of nanotechnology that has no specific evidence of any of its harmful effects, but there is little information available to the contrary. What is surprising to me and probably many of you is that there are already over 600 products that currently produced with nanotechnology.
How is Nanotechnology used?
All types of products have it integrated including:
- Anti-odor items
- Automotive
- Consumer Electronics
- Sunscreen
Many of these products are things that we used on a daily basis. If there is a possibility that these products are to be harmful to us, then I am all for having more research done on then. Because of how new the technology is, regulations should be put on any products that utilize this technology until anything can be determined about their safety. Scientists also believe that the relative size of the nanoparticles could pose a risk to the environment. In order to make items anti-odor, nanosilver particles are used and could kill aquatic organisms if released into water supplies. This could have extremely damaging effects on marine wildlife.
What scares me the most is that little is known about nano particles by the general public. The public should be provided more information and products properly display labeled if they are using it. There could be many breakthroughs that could cure diseases and solve many of our problems. Would it be worth it though if the side-effects to our health and the environment were far outweigh it’s benefits? What are you feelings on nanotechnology? Please share any knowledge you have on the topic or if you have used products that contain it.
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See, this is one of the downfalls of new technology. Older methods are tried, tested and true. Newer methods barely make it through testing phases before being launched and available to the public. Lets hope noting too terrible comes of this…….
Where and how to know what are the daily used items sold in the market with such things in it. It will be great if you list few commonly used items here.
Yeah, it is very confusing as to what items may or may not contain nanotechnology. I was able to find a site that had great list of products that contain it: http://www.nanotechproject.org/inventories/consumer/
Thank God for global warming. We are headed for another ICE age and me thinks we have added a little time before the cold returns in 15,000 years. Remember, money was greed before it was politically correct to be so.
I didn’t know there was that much stuff that used nanotechnology. There is a pretty cool book called the Diamond Age, where they kind of take the idea of nanotechnology particles are run with it,