Category Archives: Nanotechnology Health

A Time of Turmoil and a Time of Opportunity

As this month’s blog is being written, the US has a “shelter-in-place” directive that has been extended through the end of April.  There are many reports of possible [..]

Misc Ramblings, Nanotechnology Health

Nano-Safety, Nano-Health Litigations

A report in Reuters dated October 29, 2016 indicated that a woman in California was awarded $70 million in a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson claiming the company’s [..]

Nanotechnology Health, Nanotechnology Safety

Polymorphism and nano-toxicology

What is polymorphism?  In the Oxford Dictionary, polymorph is an organism or inorganic object or material that takes various forms.  Polymorphism is defined, in material science, as the [..]

Nanotechnology Health

Water Purification

About one in six people in the world do not have access to water and one in three do not have adequate sanitation. There is much work being [..]

Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology Health

A coming medical revolution?

If you have been reading technology news recently, you probably noticed that there is a lot of interest in the development of the Star Trek tricorder. There is [..]

Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology Health

Nano-toxicity IS NOT Nano-Safety

There have been some recent mentions of nano-toxicity as being nanotechnology safety.  There are Government requests for review of proposed documents regarding either nano-safety or nano-toxicity.  The way [..]

Nanotechnology Health, Nanotechnology Safety

Nanotechnology and Future Bionics

There is a recent report [1] of an amputee with a bionic hand being able to feel texture and shape of objects in his grasp.  This was a [..]

Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology Health

Health & Environment

Building on the overview, two weeks ago, of Nano-Safety, this week’s blog will present some thoughts from the second pillar of Nano-Safety, which is the “Impact on People [..]

Nanotechnology Health