Environmental Defense wants 10% of nanofunding for risk ID
Environmental Defense is getting active on nanotech issues, including advocating that of the approximately US$1 billion spent by the US federal government on nanotech, at least $100 million should be spent on nanomaterial risk identification. That’s a lot of money, but we agree the current amount is too small. Industry should support an increase–if the feds don’t fund this work, industry will be expected to do so.–CP
May 23rd, 2005 at 10:10 AM
Sounds almost as bad as Real ID.
May 23rd, 2005 at 4:05 PM
Since we expect nanoparticles to have properties that are different from bulk chemicals, in order to perform new functions for us, it can be expected that the health impacts of such nanoparticles might also be different. However, we know very little about the health impacts of most chemicals, let alone nanoparticles, on the average consumer (as opposed to workplace exposures). We know these chemicals build up and are easily detected in the body, but there is little evidence, one way or the other, about how they impact our health. Some groups are trying to get funding to at least study the burden on the body of such chemicals. Maybe nanotech will finally provide the means for such a study.
May 28th, 2005 at 7:35 PM
the fox loose amongst the in the henhouse.