What are the benefits and possible risks of Nanotechnology? What about oversight and accountability?

mrscmmckim asked:


Nanotechnology means manipulating atoms to make things that are a thousand times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. Most Americans may never have heard of it, but it’s already an important part of many consumer products. Cosmetics, stain-resistant fabrics, golf balls and computers all contain these manufactured components that are invisible to the human eye. Medical cures and pollution controls could be next, producing a one trillion-dollar industry by 2015–unless some unexpected crisis erodes public confidence.

Nanotechnology Centre