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Chemicals: Dossiers

Web dossiers on FOEN affairs and topics.

26 May 2015

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.