Some Of The Dangers Of Nanotechnology

No one disputes that there will be many positive benefits from nanotech, but what about the bad? Is nanotech ultimately worth the costs, like electricity and probably nuclear energy? Or is the price too high, as in the case of asbestos and DDT?

If it is too high, we need to know now, not when it's too late and already unleashed upon our world. (We believe that a wholesale moratorium on nanotechnology research or products is likely to be both premature and an overreaction; but that doesn't mean that there are no negative effects that we can work to mitigate.) Here's a quick look at some of the negative consequences predicted for nanotechnology: