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"The answer lies in what some refer to as the "Nanotech Revolution." The new technology Dr. Eschenbach speaks of is nanotechnology. Let's examine what it is. According to statements by the NCI, "nanotech is a technology with major potential to drive new generations of cancer diagnostics and therapeutic products." Technology employs structures or devices that are so small they are only the size of atoms or molecules. Following are some of the new technology that Eschenbach and others say will revolutionize cancer care." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"You are a walking nanotech miracle of nature You often hear talk about nanotechnology in modern science. There are frequent discussions about building tiny robots that would circulate through the human body and eliminate cancer cells, repair arteries, and accomplish all sorts of other miraculous sounding things. I always laugh at this because the human body already has nanotechnology that does all of this and much more. We have an immune system that puts any man-made technology to shame. Our body already knows how to repair itself." - Mike Adams, The Seven Laws of Nutrition (Get the book.)

"To the extent that we think about nanotech at all, we tend to associate it with science-fictional possibilities: self-organizing swarms of self-replicating nanobots, moving through the world reorganizing matter at will, perhaps getting loose and turning the planet into "gray goo," a term coined by nanotech pioneer Eric Drexler in Engines of Creation. These images have about as much to do with the nature of nanotech as artificial skin grafts on burn patients have to do with the bioengineered replicants in the movie Blade Runner." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"When I discussed this situation with one of the more environmentally enlightened scientists in the nanotech community, she explained that most of those I'd been talking to were basic researchers. They were the "R" part of the R&D field. Had I been talking to the developers, she said, I might have seen a different level of awareness, because they operate more in the real world and have to deal with, for example, environmental regulations. But this led me to ask, does that mean basic researchers shouldn't be aware of the potential applications or implications of their work?" - Douglas Mulhall, Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World (Get the book.) "For example, most of those I spoke with said they did not know that commonly used chemicals in coatings, colors, and adhesives are known to cause health and environmental problems, and that nanotech might either solve or worsen these. They were surprised to hear that 3M Corporation withdrew its widely known Scotchguard brand of dirt protection coatings from markets, at a cost of several hundred million dollars in annual sales, due to "increasing attention to the appropriate use and management of persistent materials." - Douglas Mulhall, Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World (Get the book.) "EMOTIONAL REFUGEES Besides this, another profound psychology is driving a green backlash, one that nanotech researchers ignore at their peril. Scientists, who are often the chief beneficiaries of technological power, are slow to recognize that this technology is producing emotional refugees. These are not people who've been forced from their homes; rather, they've become chronically yet indefinably ill, and their children are developing allergies in record numbers. In the U.K., for example, four in ten schoolchildren have at least one allergy." - Douglas Mulhall, Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World (Get the book.)

"There are no cows that have PhDs in nanotechnology, yet every cow has billions of nanotech cells circulating through its system fighting off disease, taking care of free radicals, eliminating cancerous cells that might be circulating through their body and even doing miraculous things like duplicating strands of DNA. I know it may seem strange to think of a cow as a miracle of nature. But in fact, a cow automatically creates and leverages biomolecular technology that puts our modern science to shame." - Mike Adams, The Seven Laws of Nutrition (Get the book.)

"Though that scenario has been largely refuted, it is still very plausible that nanotech and other new sciences could produce unforeseen and detrimental results; therefore, nanotech-nologists need a managing principle akin to the Hippocratic oath. A reinterpretation of the Precautionary Principle—the idea that any actions whose outcomes are unknown or potentially negative should be avoided —is probably the best tool to keep those nanomachines in check." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"They blame the environmentalists for smearing a legitimate science and holding back benefits from humanity. I brought up a few items they may not have fully considered: how GM organisms were released, then found afterward to be killing nontarget species; not just any species, but the monarch butterflies that are a favorite of many school children.37 It was compounded when modified corn uncertified for human consumption jumped the fence, mingling with corn that then went into taco shells, high-profile products." - Douglas Mulhall, Our Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our World (Get the book.)

"According to statements by the NCI, "nanotech is a technology with major potential to drive new generations of cancer diagnostics and therapeutic products." Technology employs structures or devices that are so small they are only the size of atoms or molecules. Following are some of the new technology that Eschenbach and others say will revolutionize cancer care. Quantum Dots dramatically improves clinical diagnostic tests for early cancer detection. These tiny particles glow and act as markers on cells and genes, enabling doctors to visualize cancer when present or impending." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"If you're looking for a nanotech miracle, just look at the human body. It's already there! You're already a walking miracle of molecular technology that works even when you don't understand how it works. So getting back to these sunflower plants, no one would say that the plant on the right is more vibrant and healthier because it has a degree in molecular biology. Rather, the plant on the right is healthy because it has better nutrition. It's really that simple. And as human beings, we can do the same thing." - Mike Adams, The Seven Laws of Nutrition (Get the book.)

"Molecular Manufacturing In the not-so-distant future, molecular manipulation and rapid prototyping will combine to produce a tabletop nanotech manufacturing system—a nanofactory. This sounds prosaic; it will be anything but. Molecular manufacturing has the power to transform the way we make things. Consider the process of designing a butterfly-sized self-guided microairplane today. It would take many hours to find lightweight materials, and many more hours to construct the device by hand. The apparatus could carry only a tiny battery and a few bits of electronics." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.) "As we get more adept at recycling and reusing materials, nanoscale production will let us do much more using less energy, less new material, and fewer scarce resources. nanotech can also help us move toward a cleaner planet in the following ways: ¦ Nanoscale materials are already being used as environmental sensors that are able to detect minute quantities of toxins and hazards. The same kinds of nanomaterials can also be used to filter contaminants such as metals, bacteria, and even viruses, from water." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

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