THONGS Aganist Nanotechnology?

What would induce citizens of the public health group THONG to join together on a Saturday at Eddie Bauer in Chicago? Nanotechnology! Members of the group were protesting the nano-fibers contained in the in new NanoTex clothing line. Ironically, THONG members are probably the least likely folks to be affected by the clothing line, since they are a bare all public-interest group that uses nudity to educate. At Howard Lovy's NanoBot, protestor Kiki Walters said “We’re out here naked so people can SEE THE PROBLEM, nanotech is such a radical and unpredictable new technology, like biotech, that it takes something highly visible, like a naked body, to get people to focus on the need to stop corporations from using humans as guinea pigs for new, untested, and unstable new technologies!” You can see more of Kiki at NanoBot. A column by Kevin Maney at USA Today also covers this event. In all fairness, EB does have a policy committed to enhancing life in the communities where they do business. Through funding and employee volunteerism EB supports caring for the environment and the protection of human rights. NanoTex seems to be growing however, as venture capital continues to increase.