Toxicological trivia from March 22, 2010: Seven Chinese girls suffered permanent lung damage, and two of them died later, after working for months without adequate protection in a paint factory employing nanoparticles, according a report from chinese investigators. Science of the extremely small particles is a major industry. A nanometer is a billionth of a meter, while the nanoparticles are between 1 and 100 nanómeters.Nanotechnology is used in products such as sports, medicines, tires and electronics and has a projected annual market for 2015 of: a) One million dollars; b) A billion dollars; c) 10 billion dollars.
“Ciencia + ficción – entre el nanomundo y la cultura global”, una exposición en Dresde