Thursday, December 09, 2004

Nanotech protest


From: angel nanotech
Sent: December 9, 2004 9:31:15 AM GMT
Subject: NEWS: Nanotech protest

ATTN: News, Environment, Science, Technology, picture desk

Angels Disrupt Nanotech Conference and Present 'Can of Worms' Award to former Monsanto Man.

Buckinghamshire, UK, 9th Dec 2004

A host of heavenly angels from THRONG (The Heavenly Righteous Opposed toNanotech Greed) appeared today unto a nanotechnology businessconference in order to bestow a "Can of Worms" Award on arepresentative of the Nanotechnology Industry. Chosen to receive the award was Mr Harry Swan, formerly of Monsanto, who is Nanotechnologymanager of Britain's leading producer of carbon nanotubes, Thomas Swan & Co.

Nanotechnology, the manipulation of matter at thelevels of atoms and molecules (a million nano-angels can dance on thehead of a pin), is being touted to Industry as "the next big thing" despite major concerns over its safety and disruptive societal impacts.

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