Nanotech worriers not Luddite after all

New research indicates we just don’t know nearly everything yet about the effects of smaller-size nanotech particles inside the human body.

Not so fast on nanotech hype

Turns out those worried about the flip side of nanotech, how particles of such small size could influence human health, above all, have worries confirmed, with what looks like a pretty sound study on how nanoparticles — which are used to deliver some inhaled medicine dosages — can cause lung damage. Read the story for details.

Nanoparticles can enter skin

And with more and more skin products, such as suntan lotions, using nano-sized particulates of their active ingredients such as titanium dioxide, this certainly needs additional study .