Activity:

Answer the following questions:

1. What are the potential applications of nanotechnology in the Philippines?
 Nanotechnology is helping to significantly improve and even revolutionize many
sectors of technology and industry: IT, Homeland Security, Medicine,
Transportation, Energy, Food Security, Environmental Science, and many more.
A sampling of the rapidly increasing list of applications of nanotechnology are as
follows;
 Electronics and IT Applications - Nanotechnology has greatly contributed to
major advances in computing and electronics, leading to faster, smaller, and
more portable systems that can manage and store larger and larger amounts of
information.
 Medical and Healthcare Applications - The medical devices, expertise and
therapies currently available to clinicians are also being broadened by
nanotechnology. The use of nanotechnology in medicine, Nanomedicine, builds
on the natural scale of biological phenomena to create specific solutions for the
prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
 Energy Applications- is being applied to conventional energy sources and is
dramatically developing renewable energy methods to help meet the rising
energy demands of the world. Many scientists are researching ways to build
clean, inexpensive and sustainable sources of energy, along with means to
minimize energy use and reduce environmental toxicity burdens.

2. What are the possible health risks of nanotechnology?

 Toxicity of nanoparticles is determined by their surface qualities, coating,
structure, scale, and aggregation capabilities, which are all detrimental effects of
nanotechnology. If nanoparticles have a limited solubility, they can cause cancer.
Nanoparticles have a greater surface-to-volume ratio, which increases chemical
and biological reactivity. Nanoparticles can enter the body through a variety of
routes. The body can be injected or implanted via the dermis, ingestion,
inhalation, or injection. Nanoparticles join dermally when present in skin care
products, hair products, or lip balms, such as sunscreen and anti-wrinkle lotion.
Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the deleterious effects that
may contribute to cardiopulmonary morbidity and death in populations exposed
to nanoparticles. Nanoparticles have the ability to stimulate lung neurons, which
have an impact on the central nervous system and autonomic cardiovascular
function.

3. What are the possible environmental risks of nanotechnology?

 Nanoparticles have been proven to be hazardous to unicellular aquatic
organisms and aquatic animals, such as fish and Daphnia, in toxicological
investigations. Greenhouse gas emissions from processes such as combustion
and pollution are already inadvertently released into the environment, where they
have been linked to negative health effects and changes in cloud properties.
Carbon nanotubes are a limiting factor in protist growth, and they have toxic
effects on rainbow trout's respiratory systems.