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  • Avoiding an asbestos rerun

    I want to echo your sentiments, and point out that research and regulations won't provide the answers in the short run.  As you note, company controls and behaviors are uneven at best, but this is the first line of the battle for protecting health. Guidance is available, including our Nanorisk Framework (www.nanoriskframework.com), but without greater public awareness of the potential downsides (and upsides) of nanotech, it will be hard to make great inroads in either corporate behavior or government regulation. More stories like the ones you've cited, and more blogging like the one you've posted here are all needed.

    I've blogged on the Nature Nanotechnology study and the Takagi et al study that preceded it at http://environmentaldefenseblogs.org/nanotechnology/2008/ ...
    for readers who want to learn more.

    keep up the good work!
    John Balbus, MD, MPHOn Lessons from the asbestos crisis should guide the response to nanotechnology, but will they? posted 1 year, 6 months ago 6 Responses