Banana Nano-Smoothies may be coming

Food enriched with nano-sized minerals could soon make billions of people in developing countries healthier.

Discovery Channel: 10 June 2010

TechNyou note:

there is still the issue of making such supplements or foods affordable and accessible to those in developing nations, who arguably are most in need of them.  There are bio-fortification programs happening now.  There are some success stories, but there is still widespread health problems associated with micro-nutrient deficiency.  This nano-fortification might be an important tool, but it will likely sit among a large number of tools needed to help minimise malnutrition. The article seems to imply that it is THE solution, though, I will take a bet this is not the implication the scientists behind the work intended.

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