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Nanotechnology and the Water Market: Applications and Health Effects

Nanotechnology has an enormous potential for creating cost-effective, simple, and efficient tools for addressing water supply challenges, while preventing the creation of potentially toxic by-products. Applications include water disinfection and filtration, real-time and remote monitoring, [...]

An Ethical Perspective on Nanotechnology, Health and Longevity

Weckert J., Moor J., Charles Sturt University, AU

The idea that nanotechnology may be able to aid human health is not new, and whatever we make of some of the more dramatic claims, there is now a considerable literature describing ways that nanotechnology [...]

A Framework for Responsible Nanotechnology Standards

Walsh S., Medley T., Environmental Defense and DuPont, US

Environmental Defense and DuPont will discuss their work together to develop a framework for the responsible development, production, use and disposal of nano-scale materials. The intent of this framework is to define a systematic and [...]