Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology deals with structures which are smaller than 100 nanometers. That is less than eight hundredths of the thickness of a hair. Numerous applications for this new technology only exist as yet on paper or in research scientists' laboratories. Not a great deal is known about the possible risks for humans and the environment, nor about the potential this technology holds.

Federal Office of Public Health FOPH: Nanotechnology

Further information

Links

National Research Programme (NRP) 64: Opportunities and risks of nanomaterials

Dokumente

• Magazine «environment» 03/2010 - Nanotechnology
  2010
• Action plan Synthetic Nanomaterials
  Report by the Federal Council of 9 April 2008
• Synthetic Nanomaterials (Summary)
  Risk Assessment and Risk Management. Basic report for the Swiss Action Plan. 2007

Last modification 26.05.2015