Question

Are There Any Safety Or Environmental Issues With The Nanotechnologies In Use Today?

Answer 1

For a small distance we should walk or use cycle, but when it comes to the longer distance we should use public transport like buses, car pool instead of our own cars and motorcycles

Answer 2

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NOISH) has created its own field research team and directed it to:

"assess workplace processes, materials, and control technologies associated with nanotechnology and conduct on-site assessments of potential occupational exposure to a variety of nanomaterials."

The NanoHealth Enterprise Initiative was proposed by the National Institutes of Health to address critical research needs for the safe development of nanoscale materials and devices. According to the NIH website, they propose:

a broad-based initiative that will employ state-of-the-art technologies in research to examine the fundamental physicochemical interactions of engineered nanomaterials (ENM) with biological systems at the molecular, cellular, and organ level. The NanoHealth Enterprise proposes a partnership of NIH institutes, federal agencies, and public and private partners to pursue the very best science, leverage investment for research efficiencies, and minimize the time from discovery to application of engineered nanomaterials."