NANOTECHNOLOGY SAFETY ACTUARIAL MODELS – INSURANCE
March 1st, 2006
BY MATTHEW BRACE
SCIENTISTS and insurance experts have used standard actuarial models to show that the making of nanomaterials presents fewer environmental risks than some common industrial processes such as oil refining. The finding is significant because while nanotechnology (exploiting the structure of matter at nanoscale - 1 billionth of a metre) is the talk of scientific and industrial communities, there are some serious health and safety concerns involving contamination with such particles.
However, the study, coordinated by Zurich-based XL Insurance, ...
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