The document is a comic about nanotechnology that discusses its potential uses and risks. In the comic, a truck driver named Antonio educates his passengers about nanotechnology during a long delivery trip. He explains that nanotechnology involves manipulating materials at the nanoscale between 1-100 nanometers. While it enables new products like self-cleaning glass, nanoparticles may also pose health risks if they enter the body. The comic argues that more research is needed to understand nanotechnology's impacts before widespread use, and that governments and unions should monitor new technologies.
3. President of Brazil
Dilma Rousseff
Minister of Labor and Employment
Carlos Lupi
FUNDACENTRO
President
Eduardo de Azeredo Costa
Executive Director substitute
Hilbert Pfaltzgraff Ferreira
Technical Director
Jófilo Moreira Lima Júnior
Administration and Finances Director
Hilbert Pfaltzgraff Ferreira
4. Argument: Alexandre Custódio Pinto - IIEP
Script: Antonio Gracias Vieira (Tonico) - IIEP
Concept: João Antonio Garcia (Jão)
Nanotechnology
Transport to a new universe
São Paulo
2011
5. Dados Internacionais de Catalogação na Publicação (CIP)
Serviço de Documentação e Biblioteca – SDB / Fundacentro
São Paulo – SP
Erika Alves dos Santos CRB-8/7110
123456Pinto, Alexandre Custódio.
123456789Nanotechnology : transport to a new universo / Alexandre Custódio
123456789
123456Pinto, Antonio Gracias Vieira, João Antonio Garcia. – São Paulo : Fundacentro,
1234562011.
12345678917 p. : principalmente il., color. 23 cm.
123456789(Nanotechnology in cómics ; n. 1)
123456789Texto em quadrinhos.
123456789Baseado em trabalho desenvolvido por Arline Sydneia Abel Arcuri,
123456apresentado no seminário “Nanotecnologia, saúde dos trabalhadores, alimentos e
123456impactos à sociedade e ao meio ambiente”, realizado de 3 a 4 de outubro de 2007.
123456789Produto do projeto “Impactos da nanotecnologia em saúde dos trabalhadores
123456789
111234e meio ambiente” desenvolvido pela Fundacentro em parceria com Renanosoma,
123456IPT, IIEP, DIESAT, DIEESE, Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos de Osasco, SRTE,
12345 ENSP/Fiocruz e Cerest/SP, sob a coordenação de Arline Sydneia Abel Arcuri.
123456789ISBN 978-85-98117-63-8
123456789
1234567891.
123456789 Nanotecnologia – História em quadrinhos. 2. Estruturas molecular –
123456História em quadrinhos. I. Gracias Vieira, Antonio. II. Garcia, João Antonio.
123456III. Título. IV. Série.
CIS CDU
Czyma Vekt 621.039(084.1)
CIS – Classificação do “Centre International d’Informations de Sécurité et d’Hygiene du
Travail”
CDU – Classificação Universal Decimal
Credits
Editorial Supervision: Glaucia Fernandes
Argument/Concept: Alexandre Custódio Pinto
Script: Antonio Gracias Vieira (Tonico)
Ilustration: João Antonio Garcia (Jão)
Version: Alexandra Rinaldi - Fundacentro/Brazil
Revision: Rachel Parker - Center for Nanotechnology in
Society/University California/Santa Barbara/USA
Agner Ann Puntch - Collaborator
Gazy Andraus/FIG-UNIMESP/Brazil
Adequacy of layout: Marila G. Destro Apolinário
Gisele Almeida (trainee)
6. NANO
T RA NSPO
TECHNOLOGY:
RT TO A
HEY ANTONIO,
HAVE YOU HEARD
THE NEWS?
NEW UNIVERSE
NO, I HAVEN’T.
WHAT IS IT?
MS. SANDRA, THE THE FABRICS
THE SUPERVISOR IS THE WAY SHE ELECTRONICS GO HAVE TO GET TO
COMING ON A TRIP ENJOYS COMPUTERS, TO MINAS GERAIS. MANAUS TODAY!
WITH US! SHE’LL LOVE THIS NEW THE COSMETICS,
TRUCK. IT ALMOST
CAN SPEAK! TO ACRE!
NOTHING
CAN BE LATE,
GUYS!
WOW! I ‘M SUPERVISING
TECHNOLOGY KEEPS US THE WORK FOR YOU,
COOL DOESN’T IT GUYS?
THAT’S ALL!
I CAN SEE
HOW CALM YOU
WELL, MS. SANDRA, ARE MS. SANDRA!
I DON’T KNOW ABOUT
COOL AND CALM, BUT I DO SO, WELCOME
LIKE VIDEO GAMES! ABOARD! LET’S HIT
THE ROAD!
5
7. SOMETIME LATER,
LEAVING THE GARAGE...
IT’S A WASTE
OF TIME LISTENING
TO AN OLD SONG ON
A NEW RADIO...
LET’S PLAY
MUSIC TO KEEP
US AWAKE! OK, I’LL
TURN IT OFF!
GAS LAMP
GAS LAMP IT’S GOING
TO BE A LONG
TRIP...
SOMETIME LATER...
SO, LET’S SEE...
ACCORDING TO THE TRAFFIC
AND THE COMPANY MANUAL, IT’S
ABOUT TIME TO SLOW DOWN
AND TURN ON THE
WINDSHIELD
WIPERS.
BUT... WHAT
EXACTLY DOES
WE DON’T NANOTECHNOLOGY
NEED WINDSHIELD MEAN?
WIPERS FOR THIS
TRUCK! OH, BOY! IT’S
VERY COMPLICATED... IT
DEALS WITH VERY TINY
REALLY? MATERIALS... YOU
WHY? WOULDN’T UNDERSTAND!
BECAUSE THIS
TRUCK WAS MADE WITH THE
LATEST IN INNOVATIVE MATERIALS!
WITH NANOTECHNOLOGY! THE
GLASS IS COVERED WITH A
NANOSTRUCTURED FILM.
ISN’T THAT AWESOME?
6
8. IT’S LIKE THIS:
NANOTECHNOLOGY INVOLVES AND HOW WOULD
THE STUDY AND MANIPULATION YOU KNOW THAT, MR.
OF A MATERIAL ON A VERY SMALL TRUCK DRIVER?
SCALE! SOMETHING IN THE RANGE
1 TO 100 NANOMETERS... MS. SANDRA, I DO
ENJOY MY VIOLA AND AN
OLD TRUCK, BUT I CAN
UNDERSTAND OTHER
THINGS.
…IN ORDER TO I LEARNED
GET A NANOMETER, ABOUT IT IN A CLASS ON
YOU DIVIDE A INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
METER BY A AT THE TRUCK DRIVERS
BILLION! UNION!
THAT’S CRAZY!
BUT TELL ME MORE
ABOUT THESE EVERYTHING WE SEE IS MADE
NANOTECHNOLOGIES! UP OF ATOMS AND MOLECULES. SO IF YOU
TAKE ONE MOLECULE AND CONSIDER THE SMALLEST
PART OF THAT SUBSTANCE, THAT REMAINS THE
WELL, SAME SUBSTANCE – FOR EXAMPLE, THE SMALLEST
LET’S SEE… PIECE OF WATER THAT IS STILL WATER – YOU
KNOW? A VERRRRRRRRRRRY SMALL
DROP OF WATER!
LET ME
TALK!
BUT THEN AGAIN MAN, AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT,
YOU CAN EVEN DIVIDE THIS WE CAN EVEN TAKE THESE ATOMS
MOLECULE. BUT IT WON’T BE WATER AND, DEPENDING ON THE TYPES WE MIX,
ANYMORE. ATOMS ARE ONLY: TWO OF THE RESULT BECOMES DIFFERENT THINGS.
HYDROGEN AND ONE OF OXYGEN, FOR INSTANCE, MIXING HYDROGEN WITH
MAKES H2O, LIKE YOU HAVE CARBON, WE CAN EVEN GET
LEARNED AT SCHOOL. PAVEMENT OR PITCH.
YOU’RE VERY
HMM.... WELL INFORMED,
I GUESS I SLEPT MR. ANTONIO!
SO MUCH
THROUGH THAT INFORMATION, AND
CLASS! DOESN’T EVEN OWN
A CELL PHONE!
7
9. AND A
WOW! SO, A NANOMETER... HOW
MOLECULE OF WATER IS SO MUCH IS THAT?
TINY, IT CAN BE COMPARED TO
A GRAIN OF SAND? IT’S LIKE THIS:
TO GET ONE NANOMETER,
YOU DIVIDE A METER BY A
NO! A BILLION, OR, A MILLIMETER
MOLECULE OF WATER IS BY A MILLION.
EVEN SMALLER. IT’S ONLY A
NANOMETER IN SIZE.
HOLD ON! SO,
THINK OF THAT NANOTECHNOLOGY DEALS
TRIP WE TOOK TO THE WITH THESE ULTRA-SUPER
NORTH, TO DELIVER BANANAS. TINY THINGS?
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN NATAL
AND SALVADOR, IS ABOUT 700
MILES (1,126 KM). IMAGINE A YES...
GRAIN OF SAND IN ALL THIS LET ME TELL YOU.
DISTANCE AS A NANOMETER COMPANIES AND SCIENTISTS
IS TO A METER! ARE ALREADY WORKING WITH
MATERIALS ON THE NANOSCALE!
MANIPULATION MOLECULES,
ISN’T THAT AMAZING?
THAT’S CRAZY MRS. HMM...
SANDRA! ARE THESE THINGS WELL, WHAT KINDS
GOING TO BE SOLD ON THE OF MATERIALS?
MARKET? TAKE THE GLASS ON THIS
YES, THERE ARE TRUCK, FOR EXAMPLE. NOW WE DON’T
ALREADY SOME PRODUCTS NEED TO CLEAN OR WIPE THE WINDSHIELD
BECAUSE IT’S STRUCTURED ON THE
MADE FROM NANOSCALE NANOSCALE SO THE WATER JUST
MATERIALS. RUNS RIGHT OFF IT.
8
10. SO, THIS
ANT NANOTECHNOLOGY THING IS
ESIST
AIN R WRIN KLE! REALLY GOOD! RIGHT NOW I AM
IS ST SN´T
H ERE E REMEMBERING A MOVIE THAT
AN D T IC THAT DO NANO
GLU SHOWED EXACTLY THAT...
FA BR MATER E THAT STI
! IAL TO CK SOMETHING TO DO WITH VERY
RIAL DUST A NOTHES ANY
ANTIBACTE R! SMALL MACHINES… BUT WAIT A MINUTE!
GROOVY! MS. SANDRA FORGOT TO
GLASS COATING AN D ! EXPLAIN THE PROBLEMS
LS
ANTI-CORROSIO N MATERIA WITH NANOTECHNOLOGY.
ELETRONIC EQUIPAMENT!
THE COSMETICS WE´RE
DELIVERING!...
AT THE NANO LEVEL,
PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS CAN
CHANGE. WHAT IS STABLE IN BIGGER
SIZES CAN BE VERY REACTIVE. WHAT
WELL, ARE IS INSULATING CAN BE CONDUCTIVE.
THERE ANY WHAT IS OPAQUE CAN TURN
PROBLEMS? TRANSPARENT... WHAT ARE
HELLO YOU LOOKING AT,
LITTLE “BRO”?
OH, YES!!! FRIENDS!!!
THERE ARE LOTS
OF PROBLEMS!
NOOOO!
GOLD, FOR INSTANCE. GOLD THAT’S NOT
WHEN WE HAVE A GOLDEN GOLDEN?!
RING, IT’S GOLD, ISN’T IT? BUT THAT’S TRUE,
ON THE NANO SCALE, GOLD BUT IT’S NOT
CAN EVEN CHANGE JUST BECAUSE
COLOR! JUST THAT!
IT CHANGES COLOR,
DOESN’T MEAN
THAT’S A
PROBLEM...!
9
11. THINKS ABOUT THIS: MATERIALS THAT ARE
JUST BECAUSE IT WORKS IN A SAFE IN A REGULAR SIZE, CAN GET
REGULAR SIZE, DOESN’T MEAN IT UNDER THE SKIN AS NANOPARTICLES,
WILL WORK THE SAME WAY ON OR THEY CAN GO AEROSOL AND GET INTO
THE NANO SCALE.
THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM.
WHAT A WOW...
PROBLEMATIC THAT’S
WOMAN… FRIGHTENING!
RIGHT!
BUT THINK ABOUT SO,
THE ADVANTAGES! NANOTECHNOLOGY NOW WHAT,
IS REALLY GOOD! IT CAN HELP IN MR. KNOW-IT-ALL?
AGRICULTURE, MEDICINE, WATER
PURIFICATION, COMPUTERS...
MY COSMETICS! HERE’S THE THING:
NOW, SHE’S GOT THIS IS ALL VERY NICE, BUT
US! I BET THEY DIDN’T HOW CAN WE USE IT, IF WE
EXPLAIN THAT AT THE DON’T KNOW IT WON’T HARM
TEAMSTERS UNION HUMAN HEALTH?
COURSE.
COMPANIES SPEND A LOT OF I WOULD SUGGEST THAT
MONEY RESEARCHING MATERIALS THESE FOLKS STUDY WHETHER
THAT WORK ON THE NANO SCALE, NANOMATERIALS, BECAUSE OF THEIR SIZE OR
AND ALMOST NOTHING STUDYING THEIR COMPOSITION COULD POSSIBLY DO HARM
WHETHER THEY ARE HARMFUL TO PEOPLE. THAT SOMEONE BE ABLE TO SAY,
THIS IS GOOD OR THIS IS BAD.
TO HEALTH.
BLAH, BLAH BAH!
THERE ARE ALWAYS I GOT IT!
COMPLAINTS... WHAT DO
YOU SUGGEST?
10
12. MR. ANTONIO, I THINK
HMM.... MS. SANDRA’S RIGHT! AREN’T YOU
SO PESSIMISTIC! OVERREACTING? IF THEY WERE AS
AND I’LL SAY MORE: DANGEROUS AS YOU SAY, NO ONE
BOTH THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HANDLE THEM!
AND THE WORKERS IN THE
UNION NEED TO KEEP THAT’S RIGHT, GABRIEL!
AN EYE ON THESE THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST AFRAID
TECHNOLOGIES! OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES,
ANYTHING NEW!
YOU’RE WRONG MS. SANDRA! LIKE WHAT,
IT’S NOT FEAR; YOU JUST HAVE TO BE MR. ANTONIO?
CAREFUL! THERE ARE LOTS OF DANGEROUS
PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET, AND PEOPLE ONLY ASBESTOS-LINED
FIND OUT ABOUT THE DANGERS WHEN IT’S TOO VEHICLE BRAKES, FOR
LATE. THERE ARE STILL LOTS OF DANGEROUS EXAMPLE. THEY HAD TO TAKE THE
PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET! ASBESTOS OUT OF THE BRAKES
BECAUSE IT WAS PROVEN
PARTICLES WERE RELEASED
BY THAT, AND CAUSED
CANCER!
OH,
THAT’S SILLY A MISTAKE?
MR. ANTONIO! THE JUST LIKE OTHER ACCIDENTS WE’VE HAD
INDUSTRY JUST MADE IN THE PAST, SUCH AS ALCOHOL IN CHILDREN’S
A MISTAKE! VITAMINS, OR LEAD-BASED PAINT IN
CHILDREN’S TOYS, TRANS FAT IN FOOD OR
THAT’S TRUE, LEAD IN GASOLINE?
MR. ANTONIO! IT WAS NOW
JUST AN ACCIDENT! HE’S GOT
YOU, MS. SANDRA! YIKES!
11
13. SO, THAT HOW
IT SHOULD BE? JUST
IGNORE NANOTECHNOLOGY HMM...
AND THAT’S IT? I WONDER IF IT’S
NO, NOBODY HAS
TO IGNORE ANYTHING, GOING TO RAIN, TAKE IT EASY,
MS. SANDRA! PEOPLE JUST NEED TO TODAY? ANTONIO, ONLY
BE BETTER INFORMED BEFORE USING A LITTLE TIME TO
NEW THINGS. THEY NEED TO STUDY AND WHAT A DRAG! GO BEFORE
DISCOVER THE CONSEQUENCES RETIREMENT!
NANOTECHNOLOGY MIGHT HAVE...
THE GOOD AND THE BAD.
TIMES GOES BY AND NIGHT FALLS OVER THE HIGHWAY...
WHILE EVERYONE ELSE
GETS TO SLEEP, I’M STILL HERE,
DRIVING ON AND ON AND ON....THANK
GOD WE’RE ALMOST THERE! I CAN’T
WAIT TO LISTEN TO THE NEW
COUNTRY CD’S I BOUGHT
12
14. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT MS.
SANDRA’S DREAM... YOU’LL BE FORGIVEN, AS SOON
AS YOU SEND 30 TEXT MESSAGES
O GREAT TO 30 DIFFERENT CELL PHONE
ENLIGHTENED CELL PHONE, NUMBERS... O LAZY SERVANT!
FORGIVE THE MISTAKES OF
YOUR DEVOTED SERVANT!
WE ARE
...AND GABRIEL’S DREAM... BUT... THAT NANOPARTICLES! WE HAVE
CRAZY DREAM! BEEN MAGNIFIED NEARLY A
WHO ARE YOU? BILLION TIMES TO LET YOU
ALL THESE NANO SEE US!
THINGS SEEM TO BE PRETTY
CRAZY! TOO BAD I DON’T THAT ONE IS
UNDERSTAND ANYTHING FLIP AND I AM FLOP.
ABOUT THEM... HOW ARE YOU DOING,
BUDDY?
D RE
O
NA N
CTU
TRU
GY
O ES
LO
CHNO
ANOTE
NA N
N NANOPARTICLES
YIKES!
MS. SANDRA
AND MR. ANTONIO SAID YOU
WERE INVISIBLE! THAT’S
WE ARE INVISIBLE! WE
DON’T HAVE PERSONALITIES
CRAZY!
AND WE AREN’T DIVIDED
INTO MALE AND WELL... WE ARE THAT’S ALL
FEMALE! PRODUCTS OF YOUR HE CAN SAY??? CRAZY,
IMAGINATION! THAT’S CRAZY, CRAZY...
WHY WE ARE PART OF
YOUR DREAMS!
OH, FLIP, LEAVE HIM
ALONE. AFTER TELLING HIM ALL
ABOUT IT, WE’LL TEACH HIM
SOME NEW WORDS!
13
15. WE CAME TO
SMART ASSES! DO A BIT OF REVIEWING! YOU WOW… COOL!
WHAT DO YOU WANT DON’T DESERVE… BUT WE SO, SMART GUY... LET’S
TO TELL ME? WOULD LIKE TO SHOW UP IN GET BACK TO THE SIZE OF MATTER
THIS STORY! INSTEAD OF THE BANANA DELIVERY.
THINK OF IT LIKE THIS...
WE’VE REALIZED THAT YOU
DIDN’T UNDERSTAND A THING ABOUT THE SIZE
NANO. THAT’S WHY WE CAME
TO HELP! OF A NANOPARTICLE IS TO A
SOCCER BALL, LIKE THE SOCCER BALL
IS TO THE SIZE OF PLANET
EARTH!
NOW, I’VE GOT IT.
BALL?... EARTH?... THIS VERY SMALL LITTLE THING
NANOPARTICLES? IS HARD TO GET!
AAUGH! ...
IF A NANOPARTICLE YES... WE CAN SEE
WERE THE SIZE OF A THAT! SOME PEOPLE TAKE
SOCCER BALL... LONGER THAN OTHERS TO
UNDERSTAND IT...
THE SOCCER BALL
WOULD BE THE SIZE OF THE
EARTH, GOT IT “SMURF”? LEAVE THE GUY ALONE,
FLIP! LET’S REVIEW THE
CONSEQUENCES OF USING
THIS TINY SIZE IN THE
USE OF NANOPARTICLES!
WOW...
AND SINCE WE ARE SO LITTLE, YOU LOST ME
WE’VE GOT A HIGH RATIO BETWEEN AGAIN!
SURFACE AND VOLUME. THAT’S WHY WE
HAVE NEW PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL WE THOUGHT SO…JUST
PROPRIETIES! THINK OF SALT. NOW COMPARE THE
SAME AMOUNT OF ROCK SALT TO
REFINED SALT...
AND THAT
INCLUDES INCREASED WHICH ONE TAKES UP
CHEMICAL REACTIVITY ON MORE SPACE? VOLUME?
THE SURFACE OF WHICH ONE DISSOLVES
NANOPARTICLES! MORE EASILY?
14
16. REFINED? THE ONE HOW ABOUT YOU?
WE USE ON FOOD, IS WILL YOU CHANGE THE
THAT IT? THAT’S RIGHT! WORLD?
IT’S THE SAME IDEA WITH US NANOTECNOLOGIES DON’T
-- SINCE WE ARE SO LITTLE, NEED MUCH WORK, SPACE OR
WE REACT MORE! MAINTENANCE!
BUT NOTICE “LITTLE
SMURF”: THIS ISN’T A NEW PROPERTY, WE ARE GOING TO
BUT IT SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MEAN MAJOR CHANGES IN
SIZE OF NANOPARTICLES, AND THE SIZE SOCIETY, THE ECONOMY,
OF PARTICLES IN THE PROPERTIES OF THEENVIRONMENT AND
SUBSTANCES. THE MILITARY!
THAT’S
COOL, MAN!
CARBON NANOTUBES ARE STRUCTURED IN CYLIN-
AND NOW... TA-DA! DRICAL SHAPES MADE OF CARBON ATOMS WHOSE
LET’S INTRODUCE SOME MEMBERS DIAMETERS ARE FROM ONE TO 20 NANOMETERS,
OF OUR FAMILY TO YOU! AND WHOSE LENGTH CAN BE 18,000 NANOMETERS.
THEY ARE ALMOST 100.000 TIMES THINNER THAN A
HAIR. RESEARCHERS HAVE BEEN STUDYING THEIR
USE IN STRUCTURES BY REPLACING STEEL, IN
CARBON NANOTUBES, CONDUCTING MATERIALS AND SEMICONDUCTORS,
FULLERENES AND NANOLAYERS! OR EVEN CHIPS FOR COMPUTERS.
OUR RELATIVES ARE GORGEOUS,
AREN’T THEY?
I AM VERY
LITTLE, BUT
VERY STRONG!
FULLERENES ARE PURE CARBON SPHERES COMPOSED
BY 60 ATOMS OF CARBON (C60). THEY ARE ABOUT A NANOLAYERS ARE PRODUCED BY ENGINEERED
NANOMETER IN DIAMETER, ARRANGED IN 20 HEXA- NANOSCALE SURFACES AND LAYERS. THEY MAY
GONS AND 12 PENTAGONS, LIKE A SOCCER BALL. GENERATE A WIDE RANGE OF FUNCTIONALITIES AND
THEY CAN BE USED IN A PROCEDURE CALLED DRUG NEW PHYSICALEFFECTS. EXAMPLES OF THEIR USE
DELIVERY, WHICH CONSISTS OF CARRYING DRUGS ARE: SELF-CLEANING SURFACES, LIKE WINDSHIELDS
TO SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY. THEY REACT DIF- OF THE TRUCK DRIVEN BY ANTONIO, CORROSIVE
FERENTLY FROM CURRENT MEDICATIONS, SUCH AS PROTECTION FOR MACHINES AND EQUIPMENTS, AND
ANTIBIOTICS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONES THAT KILL EVEN BANDAGES FOR WOUNDS...
BAD BACTERIA, AS WELL AS GOOD BACTERIA.
MS. BACTERIA
I’VE BROUGHT YOU HO, HO, HO,
A SURPRISE! WE ARE VERY
CLEAN!
HEAVEN!
15
17. THIS IS ALL COOL!
AS YOU’VE SEEN, WE BUT MR. ANTONIO HAS SAID THAT
AND OUR RELATIVES ARE NANOPARTICLES HAVEN’T BEEN STUDIED ENOUGH
ALREADY SOLD IN THE IN ORDER TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR EFFECTS ON
MARKET. HEALTH! HOW ABOUT THE RISKS TO WORKERS?
HOW ABOUT OTHER PRODUCTS ALREADY AVAILABLE
I MEAN, NOT BOTH OF ON THE MARKET AND SOMETIME LATER WERE
US, RIGHT FLIP? WE ARE JUST FOUND TO BE DANGEROUS?
PRODUCTS OF YOUR
IMAGINATION... NANOPARTICLES
CAN’T TALK!
THAT GUY IT’S ALWAYS LIKE
IS SMART! THAT! THEY SEEM SOME
PEOPLE THAT VANISH WHEN
THAT’S TRUE. IT’S TIME IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE
INVESTMENTS IN RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MATERIALS IN
TO GO, FLOP! OWN FAULTS!
NANOTECHNOLOGY ARE 100 TO 1000 TIMES OK FLIP! THIS
GREATER, DEPENDING ON THE COUNTRY, THAN BOY ASKS A LOT
IN STUDIES OF THEIR IMPACT ON HEALTH
AND THE ENVIRONMENT! OF DIFFICULT
QUESTIONS!
ON THE HIGHWAY, LIFE GOES ON...
NICE
MUSIC! FOR A WHILE DEAR
READER, THIS IS
THE END! BUT YOU
WON’T HAVE TO
WAIT TOO LONG FOR
U-U? MORE ADVENTURES
OF MS. SANDRA,
ANTONIO AND
GABRIEL!
16
18. AUTHOR'S
HOME
TONICO , SCRIPT, JAO,
ANTHROPOLOGIST ALEXANDRE, JOURNALIST AND
AND WRITER TEACHER. CARTOONIST.
17
19. This comic is a product of the project “The Impact of
Nanotechnology on Workers’ Health and the Environment”
begun in 2007, by the FUNDACENTRO. This project was
developed in partnership with RENANOSOMA (the Network for
Research on Nanotechnology, Society and the Environment),
IIEP (Interchange, Information, Studies and Working
Environments), DIESAT ( the Interunion Department of
Research and Health Studies), DIEESE (Interunion Department
of Statistics and Socio-economic Studies), Metalworkers
Union of Osasco, SRTE (Regional Superintendence of Labor),
ENSP/FIOCRUZ (National School for Public Health/Oswaldo
Cruz Foundation) and CEREST/SP (Center for Workers’ Health
Reference for the State of São Paulo).
20. This text was based on work developed by the researcher
Arline Abel Arcuri, the project coordinator, presented at the
seminar: “Nanotechnology, occupational health, food and their
impact on society and the environment” October 3 and 4, 2007,
available at http//blog.iiep.org.br/nanotecnologia
Other documents on the subject can be found at:
> http://blog.iiep.org.br/nanotecnologia
> http://nanotecnologia.incubadora.fapesp.br/portal
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