2008-09-24 Patent system "stifling science". BBC, UK.

"In pharmacy, we no longer see much discovery - we see firms playing safe and holding onto their turf . Pat Mooney

Read more about what Pat Mooney has to say on international patent systems, pharmacy and nanotechnology.

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2008-05-30 The world torpedoes ocean fertilization. ETC Group, Canada.

An UN Convention on Biological Diversity ended last week with a ban on the controversial practice of seeding the ocean with nutrients to encourage growth of carbon-fixing algae.

This first-ever global decision on a geo-engineering technology should spell the end of commercial plans to sequester carbon dioxide by dumping nutrients into the open ocean.

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What is Pat Mooney working on right now?

The Canadian Laureate is Executive Director of ETC, an international organisation addressing the impact of new technologies on rural communities.

In recent years Pat's focus has been on nanotechnology and its yet unknown, potentially dangerous impacts on environment, life forms and our health. Pat calls for a public dialogue on the safety, usefulness and equitableness of nanotechnology.

Nanotechnology refers to the manipulation of matter on the scale of the nanometer (one billionth of a meter). It operates in the realm of single atoms and molecules.

Click here to read an article in the Guardian on the use of nanotechnology in food.