Nanotechnology in Consumer Products
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Nanotechnology researchers are exploring new ways to slow down global warming, provide clean water to millions, build next generation computers, and improve consumer products. But these advances raise serious questions: Are these consumer products developed using nanotechnology safe? Do consumer products containing nanoparticles present special health risks?
Express your own opinions, listen to the perspectives of others, and make recommendations to city officials in an interactive forum on these compelling questions. No previous knowledge of nanotechnology is expected or required.
Featured speakers include: Sam Lipson, director of environmental health, Cambridge Public Health Department; Alex Fiorentino, Museum of Science nanotechnology educator; and Todd Kuiken, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars.
Admission: Free. Space is limited; advance registration is required.
Related Links:
Cambridge Public Health Department
“Museum of Science Nanotechnology Forum Lets Participants Be the Judge,” Northeastern Nanotechnology and Society Research Group, May 22, 2008
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