Nanotechnology - Nanoscopic particles that could pose serious health risks to humans and the environment

1. 5-7 essential "facts" re: your Project Censored 2011 story, based on your reading of the PC2011 text

Nanotechnology involves manipulating or building new materials from atoms and molecules with silver and carbon being the most important building blocks. Personal products such as cosmetics, suntan lotion, socks and sports clothes contain nanotech particles which can sicken and kill workers in plants using nanotech.
Nanomaterials are so pooly understood but that doesn't stop over 1000 consumers products utilizing these particles which can be 100 times smaller than a virus!
These nanoparticles may be beneficial in certain medical applications but more studies are needed. The projected annual market of nanotechnology by the year 2015 could be around one trillion dollars (1,000,000,000,000). Carbon nanofibers, which are added to car tires and woven into clothing are likely to be shed where they can cause lung damage after being inhaled by triggering a programmed cell death known as autophagic cell death. Over one-thousand nanotechnology enabled products are available to consumers.
After this story was published it was not widely reported and the intent is not to target silver nanoparticles but rather concentrate on the safety of nanotechnology.

2. The specific results of your LEXIS NEXIS search for articles about your story - is this, in fact, a truly "censored" story? Provide us with as many links as you can to news coverage of this story in the U.S. and global press

I would have to say that this story does not appear to be as censored as the authors claim it to be, on the Lexis Nexis search engine I found many articles relating to nanotechnology including a decent amount of studies (most were published on Oct 1, 2010 in EXPANDED REPORTING which may explain why it did not show up in the book.


3. Further research you've done on this story - links to and/or "embeds" of at least 3 videos, photos, political cartoons, blogs, or articles that relate to your story

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And finally a silly video!