Just say no to nano

This just in from the Center for Food Safety:

The Food and Drug Administration is once again holding an "information gathering" public meeting on nanotechnology, a powerful new technology for taking apart and reconstructing nature at the atomic and molecular level. Many new nano-products continue to come to market, at an average of four to five a week. Unfortunately nano-products are still treated by FDA like any other products or product ingredients; yet scientists agree that nanomaterials are fundamentally different substances that create new and unique risks to human health and the environment and need new forms of safety testing.

Yes, this stuff's already on the shelves and you don't realize you're buying it. The CFS says nano-silver is the most common form. And it's used in packaging, appliances and cutlery. And how insidious is this for a largely untested thing: It's being used in baby bottles. Cleaners use nano-silver to kill germs. ("This same powerful strength can destroy important beneficial microorganisms in nature as well," the CFS reports.) Like we needed another reason to be suspicious of all of the commercial germ killers.
Horrified? Do something:
The Center for Food Safety is collecting comments to send to the FDA before the public comment period ends Oct. 24. Visit the NanoAction site to comment. Maybe they won't listen, but at least future generations who have to deal with nano technology fallout can say we tried.