This title addresses various issues related to nanotechnology, including the relationship between public perception and nanotechnology and how nanotechnology will affect health, the environment, and international relations. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. By choosing from such diverse sources and including both popular and unpopular views, the OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS editorial team has adhered to its commitment to editorial objectivity. Readers are exposed to many sides of a debate, which promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking. (Publisher)