Comments on: No nonsence nanoscience http://www.prmatters.co.nz/no-nonsence-nanoscience/ fresh thinking - influential communication Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:17:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jane dodd http://www.prmatters.co.nz/no-nonsence-nanoscience/comment-page-1/#comment-248 jane dodd Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:54:48 +0000 http://www.prmatters.co.nz/?p=141#comment-248 If we thought the whole GE debate was exhauting we best start resting up now. While greater minds than mine will no doubt ponder the many assoiciated issues one potential liability is this. The the ability to break matter down into the smallest possible particle means that these super super small items could travel to places they are not meant to. Consider food and beverages where nano-technology is being hailed as the next big thing. Our gut acts as a permeable sheild only allowing particles of a certain size to pass through (that's why young babies who have immature and therefore leaky guts can't tolerate certain foods). Potentially this natural filter will be rendered ineffective in the face of these itty bitty bits. Of course more technology will be used to solve this e.g attach to larger molecules. Communicating risks will be mine field and imagine the food labelling dilemmas. If we thought the whole GE debate was exhauting we best start resting up now. While greater minds than mine will no doubt ponder the many assoiciated issues one potential liability is this. The the ability to break matter down into the smallest possible particle means that these super super small items could travel to places they are not meant to.

Consider food and beverages where nano-technology is being hailed as the next big thing. Our gut acts as a permeable sheild only allowing particles of a certain size to pass through (that’s why young babies who have immature and therefore leaky guts can’t tolerate certain foods). Potentially this natural filter will be rendered ineffective in the face of these itty bitty bits. Of course more technology will be used to solve this e.g attach to larger molecules. Communicating risks will be mine field and imagine the food labelling dilemmas.

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