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What Can Nanotechnology Learn From Biotechnology?: Social and Ethical Lessons for Nanoscience from the Debate over Agrifood Biotechnology and GMOs (Food Science and Technology)

By Paul B. Thompson , Kenneth David

Book information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2008
ISBN
012373990X, 9780123739902, 9780080557793
Google Books ID
DljpjLEjCM0C
Open Library ID
OL10072034M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1379184 bytes)
Series
Food Science and Technology
Edition
1
Pages
361\361
Library
NanoScience
Scanned
no
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04
Специальные дисциплины;Наноматериалы и нанотехноло

Description

The nanotech researchers and companies are trying to head off future controversies about their products. By analysing the biotech fracas that has occurring and is still happening in various countries (especially in Europe). Quite aside from this, there are cogent comparisons between the 2 fields. Much similarity at small scales. Perhaps the greatest difference is that nanotech does not necessarily have to mean products for consumption by humans or livestock. Some mooted nanotech products were never alive or derived from biological sources. Plus, they cannot reproduce. Therein lies a lot of the fear of biotech products; the running amok of them.

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