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Prince Charles Fearful Over Nanotechnology-Paper
But Prince Charles, who is a committed environmentalist, also shares the concerns of John Carroll, retired professor of engineering at Cambridge University, who has given evidence to a Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering study on nanotechnology. "Referring to the thalidomide disaster, he says it 'would be surprising if nanotechnology did not offer similar upsets unless appropriate care and humility is observed'," wrote Prince Charles. Thalidomide was once used as a morning sickness treatment for pregnant women in the 1960s, but it was removed from the market when it was found to lead to birth defects. Prince Charles's scientific salvos in the past he has warned of the "disastrous consequences" of genetically modified crops and supported the use of alternative medicine have not always been well received by scientists. In 2000 Steve Jones, professor of genetics at University College London, dismissed Charles's intervention on genetically modified food, advising him to go back to school. Last week Michael Baum, a professor emeritus of surgery at University College London, said the heir to the throne "may have overstepped the mark" by promoting unproven therapies for cancer such as coffee enemas and carrot juice. Give this jerk a coffee enema with the freshly brewed stuff. A person of position openly supporting pseudoscience is a violation of ethical conduct. Posted by: Zenster 2004-07-12 |
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