Nanotech about to get kicked by unions
Rumbling down under
While nanotechnology is an industry buzzword, it is starting to look as if it will be opposed by the union movement.There are already signs in Oz that nanotechnology is going to be the new spinning jenny.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, union leader Paul Howes has related nanotechnology to asbestos and called for more research to ease fears the growing use of fine particles could endanger manufacturing workers.
