Nanotech safety now a focus

[lovuian]

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U.S. occupation safety officials are beginning to look for possible worker health problems in the growing nanotechnology sector, starting at a Nevada plant.

Scientists with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health spent a week at Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. in Reno, Nev., measuring how the little particles may affect the average worker.

There are no state or federal guidelines to specifically address safety at nanotechnology plants.

The Washington Post reports studies show particles as small as a millionth of a millimeter can create toxic biological reactions.

At Altair, which reduces car battery-sized power technology into a thin, small wafer, the production line doesn't look too high tech
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Toxic biological reactions???:wtf:

[salvorhardin]

1. At least it looks like Altair is trying to do the right thing

NIOSH officials were invited by Altair head Alan Gotcher.

We need to be responsible and we have to be proactive, and if we've got products that have problems, we've got to do something about it, Gotcher said about the nanotechnology industry.
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[SoCalDem]

2. Remember... Asbestos was once a "miracle" and was used in everything.

and Las vegas hotels sold box lunches and bused tourists to the desert to watch Nukes explode :(

[kurth]

3. Jobs to stay away from

just like semiconductor manufacturing, where workers are exposed to some of the most toxic chemicals known to man. Unfortunately their jobs don't last long, and they always get laid off before showing any symptoms, and not many have the money to hire a lawyer. To this day the semiconductor industry still denies their factories cause cancer.