|
Post by in tokyo on Jan 7, 2007 22:33:17 GMT -5
Hello, did anyone KNOW the federal government is having meetings on this? Have they talked with our friends at the CDC? Probably not, but it would be fruitful! www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=3529Here are some quotes: "Prioritizing nanotechnology risk research isn't rocket science," said Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies chief scientist Andrew Maynard. Dr. Maynard's remark is in his testimony today before the federal government's first public meeting focused exclusively on research needs and priorities for the environmental, health and safety risks of engineered nanoscale materials." and: "According to Maynard's analysis, despite investing more than $1 billion annually on nanotechnology research, U.S. government spending on highly relevant nanotechnology risk research is only $11 million per year." Let's get in contact with Mr. Maynard and let him know our concerns! He seems aware that responsibility is necessary. (Although, after Morgellons, I'd rather see the whole field STOP.)
|
|
|
Post by in tokyo on Jan 7, 2007 22:35:11 GMT -5
And this: www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=3525What: Testimony at First U.S. Government Public Meeting on Nanotechnology Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Needs Who: Dr. Andrew Maynard, chief scientist, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars When: Thursday, January 4th, 2007 at 1:15 p.m. Where: FDIC Training Center, 3501 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22226 The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies was launched in 2005 by the Wilson Center and The Pew Charitable Trusts. It is dedicated to helping business, governments, and the public anticipate and manage the possible health and environmental implications of nanotechnology. For more information contact Sharon McCarter at (202) 691-4016 or sharon.mccarter@wilsoncenter.org. Alternatively, contact Julia Moore at (202) 691-4025-office, (202) 277-1415-cell (holidays and after normal business hours), or julia.moore@wilsoncenter.org.
|
|
|
Post by in tokyo on Jan 7, 2007 22:37:42 GMT -5
OK Everyone!!! These are 3 New People to contact to let them know what we're experiencing with Morgellons! No harassment- they could be on our side! They need to know:
Dr. Andrew Maynard, chief scientest, Project on emerging Nanotechnologies. Sharon Mc Carter sharon.mccarter@wilsoncenter.org Julia Moore julia.moore@wilsoncenter.org
|
|
|
Post by transhumanist on Jan 7, 2007 23:52:13 GMT -5
We don't know yet that Morgellons has anything to do with nanotechnology, so calling these people will just look silly. I mean, there are a million other entities that could be causing this.
|
|
|
Post by Niels on Jan 8, 2007 3:23:19 GMT -5
also, morgellons was recently used to get the Berkeley,CA city-council to propose new regulations on nanotech that are targetted at a new Lawrence Livermore Labs nanotech facility in the city.
Nanotech people may view morgies as "those people that forced us to jump through a ton of uneccessary regulatory red tape at LBL" ....
IMHO, unless the stanninger nanotech conspiracy is actually provably true, and agreed upon by more than just one scientist.... it is unethical to use it as an example of "nanotech gone bad" in front of the Berkeley city council... even though I appreciated it's exposure... alas too much exposure in juxtaposition with quack-science has a way of turning a real disease into something that is not taken seriously.
|
|
|
Post by transhumanist on Jan 8, 2007 3:42:57 GMT -5
I personally think nanotechnology holds a lot of promise for doing good. Obviously it needs to be explored responsibly, but I do get sick of people using it as a boogyman, and suggesting it be "stopped entirely" or what have you. Seriously, Medieval Church much?
|
|
|
Post by prevenge on Jan 8, 2007 9:12:43 GMT -5
i agree transhuman...
but actually.. i'd think that there is going to be more effort put into preventing our bodies from ingesting and being pollutted by nano techologoy than anything. i mean..most nano technology will be able to enter our bodies.. throw sand at a screen. most will go through.. most of it.
whether morgs is nanotech or biotech or nano-bio-tech or not... protecting ourselves from nanotechnology should be the prime focus here.. before acceptance into the marketplae or environment... THENNN ... we can celebrate it's wonders.
by the way..
biotech is Godzilla.
Godzilla go: "RAAAAAAARRR!"
-M
|
|
|
Post by Niels on Jan 8, 2007 12:21:39 GMT -5
If our issue is "nano" that's probably a second-order cause. The primary cause is "bio-tech" because living organisms (that have been assembling nano-level molecular machines for millenia) are obvious "quick and dirty" ways of getting the results of nano without doing any of the hard work.
Science ... at the practical political level... is all about "quick and dirty" and small increments over stuff we already have in order to save money and time. Science *is* compromise ...
The issue is when bacteria, fungi, nematodes, etc that are used as nano-factories get back into the wild... it is entirely possible that morgellons is just such an illness. But it is probably more likely that it's some other kind of organism used for insect or crop pest control -- e.g. the supposed UC Davis mosquito-control experiments launched in some of the morgie epicenters in the US, or the locust-killing microsporidia experiments, or BT where the "crystal protein" produced by the bacteria is supposed to just be encased by the remnants of the dead bacteria... except sometimes they are just "dormant" and encysted and still viable once conditions are more appropriate for life -- like inside a cut, or inside a cracked callus on ones finger or foot.
|
|
|
Post by transhumanist on Jan 8, 2007 13:21:48 GMT -5
Nanotechnoloy isn't at a stage where we need to worry about it "polluting our bodies" yet, and the way things are going, by the time it gets there, there'll be so many safety structures in place that it won't be too much of a concern. That people are even worrying about it now suggests to me that it won't be allowed to become a serious threat.
There's no evidence that Morgellons is man-made. It's important not to jump to that conclusion and rule out other, more possible conclusions. There's a lot we don't know/understand about nature, and nature doesn't necessarily need human help to kick ass.
|
|