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The Next GMOs : Scientists: Nanotech-based products offer great potential but unknown risks

The Next GMOs : Scientists: Nanotech-based products offer great potential but unknown risks | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

"Improved sunscreens are just one of the many innovative uses of nanotechnology, which involves drastically shrinking and fundamentally changing the structure of chemical compounds. But products made with nanomaterials also raise largely unanswered safety questions — such as whether the particles that make them effective can be absorbed into the bloodstream and are toxic to living cells."... http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-10/health/ct-met-nanotechnology-20120710_1_nanoparticles-sunscreens-chad-mirkin

 

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Under Cover of Darkness, Nano-pesticides Sneaked onto the Market (and Consumer Products) without regulation or oversight http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2029721070/under-cover-of-darkness-nano-pesticides-sneaked-onto-the-market-and-consumer-products-without-regulation-or-oversight


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What’s happening to all the vultures?

What’s happening to all the vultures? | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
Blame an anti-inflammatory drug. Vultures that ingested animal carcasses containing diclofenac contracted kidney failure and died within weeks, scientists found.
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