Posted on 09/16/2009 12:44:37 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
VIENNA (AFP) – They can make fabric resistant to stains, improve the taste of food and help drug research, but nanoparticles could also pose a danger to human health, experts warned Wednesday.
Susanne Stark, of the Consumer Information Association, told a seminar in the Austrian city of Salzburg that companies should be forced to indicate on labels whether a product contains the tiny particles.
"There are more questions than answers on the effects of nanoparticles" on human health, the chemist said.
Cosmetic and food products should indicate whether their products contain nanoparticles by 2012, she said.
Nanoparticles, measuring no more than 100 nanometres (0.00001 centimetre), have helped to revolutionise how everyday products are made.
The particles are used to make stain-resistant paint or creamy cosmetic and food products. They can also change colour to indicate whether a product has expired.
But their risk to humans remains largely unknown.
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Tubes of lipstick. They can make fabric resistant to stains, improve the taste of food and help drug research, but nanoparticles could also pose a danger to human health, experts warned Wednesday. A consumer information group said cosmetic and food products should indicate whether their products contain nanoparticles by 2012. (AFP/File)
That is why they are being utilized in the H1N1 vaccines....
Smoke = nanoparticles. Seriously.
Scotchgard.
smoke and mirrors....Obama health plan.....
I thought it was hydric acid...
H2O?
Bad freeper! Bad freeper!!
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