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Nanotechnology

May 22, 2008

Nanotechnology - Health Risks - Mice Study Suggests Potential Health Risk in Tiny Carbon Fibers

Nanotubes, one of the wonder materials of the new age of nanotechnology, may carry a health risk similar to that of asbestos, a wonder material of an earlier age that turned into a scourge after decades of use ...

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danerous stuff
Kirkersville, OH
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May 22, 2008
 
Nano-fibers- it's in everything just like, maybe worse than asbestos. Nano bike frames, tennis rackets, golf clubs. Another environmental cause of cancer. Maybe we should get back to natural fibers. Polyester clothing is also a killer, with our bodies constantly absorbing the noxious petroleum molecules from the fabric. We can do better than this.But we have allowed the large industries to make billions at the expense of our health.
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May 22, 2008
 
Yes folks. Nano tech is in all kinds of things - lotions, etc., stuff you put on your skin with no regulation.

Start paying attention people. This is dangerous stuff.
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