Lentis/Health Concerns of Nanotechnology

=Introduction to Nanotechnology= We need to make sure our page doesn't turn into this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_impact_of_nanotechnology We need to find a way to approach the topic differently

Background
[Be sure to talk about nanoparticles here] Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gthbjjvotug

Really helpful/interesting and if you watch it, you're 1/4 done with our sts hw for next week :)

[General introduction to nanotechnology as a field.]

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/SPT/v8n2/schummer.html

http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/v6/n10/full/nnano.2011.169.html

Social Perspectives
=Applications of Nanoparticles=

Nanomedicine
[Introduce nanomedicine, talk about drug delivery "Nanomedicine is the medical application of nanotechnology." (wiki)

[What will happen if nanoparticles are left in our body? The fear is that beacuase they're so small, they will get in between cell walls and build up in areas where we don't want them.] http://www.understandingnano.com/medicine.html

Sunscreen
http://allaboutskinlightening.net/2011/05/are-nanoparticles-in-sunscreen-safe.html http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=nanoparticles-in-sunscreen

Cosmetics
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090326162747.htm http://www.rodale.com/nanoparticles-and-cosmetics http://www.foe.org/pdf/nanocosmeticsreport.pdf

Food Industry
http://www.understandingnano.com/column-food.html