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Nanotechnology

  Nanoparticles by their very nature are extremely dangerous and they can be very beneficial. There are no regulations for the use or release of nanoparticles and this puts workers, consumers,and the environment at risk.
  Today's society wants the next new and exciting product without regard to the consequences or true costs. Manufacturers make a product without regard to the product after it is sold.  Life cycle analysis is a joke as it is left up to someone else to take responsibility for the recovery of the scrap and recycling of end of life products. Extended Producer Responsibility is either not mentioned or rephrased as "Life Cycle Analysis". The future is bleak unless nano products are properly researched and regulated!
 QUESTIONS: If nano-particles conglomerate with other nano-particles and are not yet 100 nm in size, what are the effects of these new compounds? Will they continue to conglomerate into new reactive particles and what effect will they have on people and the environment? On Lessons from the asbestos crisis should guide the response to nanotechnology, but will they? posted 1 year, 6 months ago 6 Responses