Kestävä kehitys ja turvallisuus
Parannetaanko vai pahennetaanko maailmaa?
Miten nanoteknologiaa pitäisi käyttää ympäristöä ajatellen? Pitäisikö sitä säännellä? Käyttäisitkö sinä aurinkovoidetta, jossa on nanoteknologiaa? Entä söisitkö sellaista ruokaa?
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The question for your video is:
Mending or harming the living world?
How should the use of nanotechnology for environmental amending be regulated? Would you use nanotechnology sunscreen and food?
Nanotechnology offers new solutions for environmental use such as filter systems that can detect, remove or inactivate pollutants within land, sea and air. At the same time several consumer products and processed foods already contain nanomaterials to enhance certain properties and qualities, and to be more effective in innovative ways.
On the other hand little is known on the environmental distribution and effects of nanomaterials: how long will nanomaterials remain in the environment? Will these particles move up through the food chain and what will be their effect on humans? Are there unpredictable results that can happen when nanoparticles are introduced in the living world?
- Look at the Nanotechnology consumer products inventory, a list of currently available nanotechnology products. Which ones are you ready to use?
- The European Environment Agency provides several resources on the impact of nanotechnology on the environment.
- In Canada, nanotechnology plays an important role for the protection of forests.
- Check this report to know what’s going on in nanotechnology and food and agriculture
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