Helping the poor: a challenge for nanotech

SciDev.net has a piece by Catherine Brahic and David Dickson titled Helping the poor: the real challenge of nanotech: "But there is also the danger that, if such concerns are taken too far, they could block the development of technological innovations that offer a genuine opportunity ó even taking their potential threats and limitations into account ó to substantially increase the health and well-being of those across the developing world. Such is the case with nanotechnology, the manipulation of atoms and molecules to create new materials and processes at the 'nanoscale'." Indeed–CP