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Nanotechnology May Have Toxic Consequences

  • March 28, 2004

I am a big fan of tech advancements and I believe nanotechnology will change health care more than the human genome project. However, there maybe some serious side effects that accompany it. Researchers have found that a type of buckyball--a carbon nanoparticle that shows promise for electronic, commercial and pharmaceutical uses can cause significant brain damage in fish. At modest concentrations in aquarium water, the minuscule particles--which are made of carbon atoms and are less...