Nanotechnology – manufacturing on the scale of a millionth of a millimetre – is arriving on the global scene at a perilous time.

Following major corporate disasters with high-profile names such as Firestone, Enron, Monsanto and others, ethics has never been tied so closely with companies’ reputations or public relations. This is dangerous for the nanotechnology industry because it is fraught with an unusual number of potential ethical, and therefore PR, landmines.

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