Environmental and health impact of Nanotechnology
26 November 2007According to a report recently publiched in the Journal of nature Technology, scientists are much more worried about the environmental and health impact of the nanotechnology. Resarchers of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Arizona State University carried out a national telephonic survey in American households including 363 scientists and engineers working in nanotechnology area.
The outcome of the study is the biggest worry as the people are unsure about the health and environmental problems associated with the use of hundreds of products based on this technology. However, the scientists have yet to ascertain the exact health and environmental problems associated with the technology as research has yet to be done.
A large number of technology applications has already been focussed and some of the already built products include golf clus, antimicrobial food storage containers, tennis rakets etc. Although scientists are optimistic about the benefitsof nanotechnology, however many of those are more concerns about environmental and health related problems.
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