Nail nano rules now

At the recent NanoTech conference here in Cleveland, brilliant nano-nerds from around the world came together to talk about the exciting possibilities for better products. But the undercurrent in each session was: who's minding the safety regulations? The Boeing folks are leaving it up to the suppliers to tell them their products are safe. The suppliers are assuming the scientists know, and the truth is, no one really knows.

But, folks, the risks of unregulated, unstandardized, uncontrolled use of nanomaterials are so grave that no one--not you, not me, not anyone--can afford not to be more than just concerned. Read more here. Then find out who your legislators are (you can use this site) and start writing them emails about this.