Thread by @elleprovocateur

Short article: "Lipid #nanoparticles are the fatty molecular envelopes that help strands of #mRNA — the genetic messenger for making #DNA code into proteins — evade the body's biological gatekeepers & reach their target cell..."

#nanotechnology

statnews.com/2020/12/01/how…

"#nanomaterials may have a wide range of effects... Experiments so far have also shown possible harmful effects on #invertebrates & #fish, including effects on behaviour, #reproduction & development."

ec.europa.eu/health/scienti…

#biodiversity #ecology

"There is less research to date on #soil systems and #terrestrial species, and it is not clear whether laboratory results relate to what may happen out in the real world." [source document, 2009]

ec.europa.eu/health/scienti…

Little is known about how they [#nanomaterials] may then behave in air, #water or soil...Like other #pollutants, they may pass from organism to organism, and perhaps move up #foodchains."

#Biodiversity #Pollution

"...experimental evidence of [] possible interactions w/ biological systems/#health effects of manufactured #nanoparticles. In experimental systems [] they can affect [] formation of [] fibrous protein tangles[] similar to those seen in some diseases, including #brain diseases"

2018: "Other forms of #nanotechnology being developed include tiny #sensors called nano-units, []; '#smart materials' that change in response to light/heat; '#nanobots' - tiny mobile #robots that have yet to be developed but are theoretically possible;"

ohsrep.org.au/nanotechnology…