Post by elizabeth67 on Aug 8, 2011 13:33:16 GMT -5
Robert Thollander, Jr., Molecular Biologist, IEIA Nanotechnology. It’s everywhere. It’s in the food we eat, it’s in our cosmetics and sunscreen, and it’s used in hospitals in surgical procedures. It has been around for the past two decades, according to Robert Thollander Jr., Molecular Biologist, and a savvy inner city Chicago biology teacher of 10th and 12th graders. According to him, it’s in the last decade that nanotechnology has really started to go mainstream.
“Nanotechnology was created and used for a specific purpose,” says Thollander. “It’s smaller than microscopic. It’s highly lucrative. There are untold uses for its potential in application.
“When you go really small, you can specialize what you’re doing. You can manipulate other materials. It’s kind of like a tiny machine. I think any new breakthrough in research can be good.”
It’s those unintended uses, though, that can become problematic. Thollander cites DDT as an example. “It wiped out mosquitos and malaria and helped improve crops; however, it destroyed most bird populations.
“Nanotechnology is kind of like DDT – it may have unintended side effects.” Thollander uses Morgellons Disease, a skin disease where fibers come out of the skin, and other new viral diseases as illustrations. ”I don’t think the effects are widely known,” he said.
“It may be the interaction of different elements. It could be triggered by chemicals, nutrition, different lifestyle patterns. If the CDC (Center for Disease Control) would look into it, they would look at these things.
“When HIV first surfaced, it took at least a decade for people to realize there was a blood-borne disease that was killing people.”
Thollander points out the untold effects of birth control pills for women. “They urinate. That gets in the water supply. The chemicals are taken in by smaller creatures who are then eaten by larger creatures. It affects the hormones (of fish); the fish become infertile, and it changes the male/female species.”
Thollander mentions California as having a high level of technology industry where there is frequent use of nano. “Hence,” he says, “California harbors the most cases of Morgellons Disease.” And he reasons: “If nano is in pesticides, then nano could be in food. Our food has plastic particles, a host of other chemicals and antibiotics (in it).”
Thollander is neutral regarding nano, not labeling it as good or bad. “I think it’s how it’s used that dictates whether it will be a good or bad thing for the population,” he said.
“The best nano use would be in applied research; in laboratories, it could be beneficial, I do think it’s too soon to be putting it out there. I don’t think enough research and long-lasting research in the environment has been done.”
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“Nanotechnology was created and used for a specific purpose,” says Thollander. “It’s smaller than microscopic. It’s highly lucrative. There are untold uses for its potential in application.
“When you go really small, you can specialize what you’re doing. You can manipulate other materials. It’s kind of like a tiny machine. I think any new breakthrough in research can be good.”
It’s those unintended uses, though, that can become problematic. Thollander cites DDT as an example. “It wiped out mosquitos and malaria and helped improve crops; however, it destroyed most bird populations.
“Nanotechnology is kind of like DDT – it may have unintended side effects.” Thollander uses Morgellons Disease, a skin disease where fibers come out of the skin, and other new viral diseases as illustrations. ”I don’t think the effects are widely known,” he said.
“It may be the interaction of different elements. It could be triggered by chemicals, nutrition, different lifestyle patterns. If the CDC (Center for Disease Control) would look into it, they would look at these things.
“When HIV first surfaced, it took at least a decade for people to realize there was a blood-borne disease that was killing people.”
Thollander points out the untold effects of birth control pills for women. “They urinate. That gets in the water supply. The chemicals are taken in by smaller creatures who are then eaten by larger creatures. It affects the hormones (of fish); the fish become infertile, and it changes the male/female species.”
Thollander mentions California as having a high level of technology industry where there is frequent use of nano. “Hence,” he says, “California harbors the most cases of Morgellons Disease.” And he reasons: “If nano is in pesticides, then nano could be in food. Our food has plastic particles, a host of other chemicals and antibiotics (in it).”
Thollander is neutral regarding nano, not labeling it as good or bad. “I think it’s how it’s used that dictates whether it will be a good or bad thing for the population,” he said.
“The best nano use would be in applied research; in laboratories, it could be beneficial, I do think it’s too soon to be putting it out there. I don’t think enough research and long-lasting research in the environment has been done.”
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vimeo.com/27357290