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Scenario 1 is disease

Status quo nanotech doesn~’t help the developing world—business don~’t have an incentive to invest in nanotech for disease prevention //The market opportunity is substantial. Nanotechnology has been incorporated into billions of dollars worth// //AND// //for people in both rich and poor nations and at relatively low cost."//
 * Wilson Center 7** (Woodrow Wilson Internatonal Center for scholars "The promise of Nanotechnology" may 2007 pg online @ [] //um-ef)//

//It~’s specifically true in Latin America// //**Foladori and Lau 7** (ReLANS coordinators, Doctoral Program in Development Studies Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas Zacatecas, México, "Nanotechnologies in Latin America," pg online @ [] //um-ef) There has been little coverage in the international media about the development of nanotechnologies in AND nanotechnology programs and is completely ignored in the policy rationale behind their implementation.

Plan solves—eliminates barriers to investment and spurs pro-poor research Perhaps the most basic barrier to conducting nanotechnology research is equipment costs. One way AND address the social problems facing the developing world (pro-poor research).
 * Lodwick et al 7** (T. Lodwick*, R. Rodrigues**, R. Sandler***, W.D. Kay * Nanotechnology and Society Research Group (NSRG), Northeastern University **Santa Clara University, School of Law,** *NSRG, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Northeastern University, NSRG, Deapartment of Political Science, Northeastern University, "nanotechnology and the global poor: the united states policy and international collaborations" pg online @ [], AC)

Nanotech development is key—solves disease for which treatment is failing now //Scientists say nanotechnology, which involves some of the smallest things on earth, could// //AND// //as well as consumers, such as those taking nano-based medicines.//
 * VOA News 9** ("Nanotechnology Could Improve Health Care in Developing Countries," pg online @ http://www.voanews.com/articleprintview/347615.html //um-ef)//

//Unchecked disease prevention risks extinction// //Yu 9 (5/22, Victoria, Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science, "Human extinction: the uncertainty of our fate", http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/spring-2009/human-extinction-the-uncertainty-of-our-fate) // //A pandemic will kill off all humans. In the past, humans have indeed// //AND// //could only infect birds — into a human-viable strain (10).//

//Reject their defense—quantum dots changed the game—enables treatment of the deadliest diseases// //**Court et al 04** (E. Court*, A. Daar**, E. Martin***, T. Acharya, P. Singer* *University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics, Canada **McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine and Departments of Public Health Sciences and Surgery, University of Toronto; University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics, Canada** *University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics, Canada University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics, Canada * University of Toronto Joint Center for Bioethics, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada, "Will Prince Charles et al diminish the opportunities of developing countries in nanotechnology?", 01/28/2004, [] //VS) Nanotechnology offers a range of potential benefits for developing countries. Nanometre-sized quantum AND of these activities, of course, also hold promise for economic development.

Mexico is key to modeling Lau 08 Researcher of the Latin American Nanotechnology %26 Society Network ¶ (ReLANS); PhD. ¶ Candidate in Development Studies at the Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas (Edgar Zayago, "Nanotechnology may be more useful for Mexican society", 2008, []//VS)// //As one of the handful of countries pursuing nanotechnology development in Latin America, ¶// //AND// //existing analytical capacity to implement appropriate reflexive and ¶ above all social assessments.//

//Scenario 2 is unregulated nanotech//

//Status quo nanotech initiatives lack necessary regulations// //**Inter Press Service 12** (Tierramérica, "MEXICO: Scientists Call For Regulation of Nanotechnology," 03/12/2012, http://www.tierramerica.info/nota.php?lang=eng%26idnews=3920%26olt=568, AC) // //MEXICO CITY, Mar 12 (Tierramérica).- Nanotechnology, which is currently unregulated in// //AND// //is used in electronic components, cosmetics and packaging, among other products.//

//That risks eventual catastrophe—unregulated nanotech spills over regionally// //**Foladori and Lau 7** (ReLANS coordinators, Doctoral Program in Development Studies Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas Zacatecas, México, "Nanotechnologies in Latin America," pg online @ [] //um-ef) At the beginning of 2002, all nanotechnology-related research became an area of AND but it is worth mentioning some of the efforts made in this regard.

Means game over for the environment //Environmental Damage. MNT was originally perceived as a potential cure-all for a// //AND// //from the nanolitter itself or from toxic elements attached to those nanoparticles.26//
 * Vandermolen 6 (**LCDR Thomas D. Vandermolen, USN (BS, Louisiana Tech University; MA, Naval War College), is officer in charge, Maritime Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka, Japan. He was previously assigned as a student at the Naval War College, Newport Naval Station, Rhode Island. He has also served as intelligence officer for Carrier Wing Five, Naval Air Facility, Atsugi, Japan, and in similar assignments with US Special Operations Command, US Forces Korea, and Sea Control Squadron THIRTY-FIVE, Naval Air Station, North Island, California. AIR %26 SPACE POWER JOUNRAL, Fall, 2006, "Molecular nanotechnology and national security," pg online @ **[] //um-ef)//**

//Causes extinction—reject defense that isn~’t about nanotech// //**CRN 4** (Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, 4/19/04, "Disaster Scenarios", [] //nz) Subquestion F: Environmental devastation by overproduction? Preliminary answer: It would be easy AND Several plausible disaster scenarios appear to pose existential threats to the human race.

US engagement solves—regulations combined with innovation is critical
 * HLRCC 12** (High-Level Regulatory Cooperation Council, Executive Office of the President of the United States, "UNITED STATES-MEXICO HIGH-LEVEL REGULATORY COOPERATION COUNCIL WORK PLAN," 02/28/2012, http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/oira/irc/united-states-mexico-high-level-regulatory-cooperation-council-work-plan.pdf, AC)

Why Should We Do This?¶ 1. Ensuring that the United States and Mexico AND the two countries, and will foster the competitiveness of¶ the industry.

plan
Plan: The United States federal government should substantially increase nanotechnology assistance with Mexico.

leadership
US science and technology leadership is collapsing Hummell et al 12 (Robert Hummel, PhD1,*, Policy Research Division, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies,, Patrick Cheetham1, Justin Rossi1, Synesis: A Journal of Science, Technology, Ethics, and Policy 2012 "US Science and Technology Leadership, and Technology Grand Challenges," pg online @ [] //um-ef)// //Taken together, there is no direct evidence that the US has been overtaken in// //AND// //US technical leadership will require a dedicated and coordinated effort throughout the society.//

//Tech leadership is critical to prevent power vacuums which result in war and violent lashout// //Goldstein 7 Avery Goldstein, David M. Knott Professor of Global Politics and International// //AND// //Subscribing Institutions via Taylor %26 Francis Online, p. 647-648)// //Two closely related, though distinct, theoretical arguments focus explicitly on the consequences for// //AND// //realize the transition to a new international order whose contours it will define.//

//Specifically, funding cuts to USAID destroy cooperation and tech leadership—plan is key to reverse that trend// //**Miotke 8 –** subcommittee on research and science education, committee on science and technology, House of Representatives, 110 Congress, Foreign Service Officer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Science, Space, and Health (Jeff, "International Science and Technology Cooperation," Government Printing Office, 4/2/2008, []) //RH USAID USAID plays a significant role in integrating the products of S%26T to AND under the auspices of an S%26T cooperation agreement negotiated by OES.

Nanotech cooperation solves In coming years, global S%26T cooperation will open a wide range of AND other criminal activities that threaten our national security and domestic peace and prosperity.
 * Mendis 4** [Dr. Patrick Mendis adjunct associate professor of economics and management at the UMUC Graduate School of Management and Technology at the University of Maryland "Science, Technology, And Intellectual Property Rights In American Foreign Policy". Journal of Technology Law %26 Policy.Vol 9 June 2004 Issue 1.[]]

Only the aff creates a regulatory framework for cooperative nanotech development //However, the greatest potential for a broad initiative rests with the main foreign aid// //AND// //, USAID~’s biotechnology experience provides a sound model for infusing nanotechnology into development.//
 * Lodwick et al 7** (T. Lodwick*, R. Rodrigues**, R. Sandler***, W.D. Kay * Nanotechnology and Society Research Group (NSRG), Northeastern University **Santa Clara University, School of Law,** *NSRG, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Northeastern University, NSRG, Deapartment of Political Science, Northeastern University, "nanotechnology and the global poor: the united states policy and international collaborations" pg online @ http://www.nsti.org/procs/Nanotech2007v1/8/T81.501 //um-ef)//

//US nanotech leadership solves unregulated military development—that causes international conflict// //**Vandermolen 6** (LCDR Thomas D. Vandermolen, USN (BS, Louisiana Tech University; MA, Naval War College), is officer in charge, Maritime Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka, Japan. He was previously assigned as a student at the Naval War College, Newport Naval Station, Rhode Island. He has also served as intelligence officer for Carrier Wing Five, Naval Air Facility, Atsugi, Japan, and in similar assignments with US Special Operations Command, US Forces Korea, and Sea Control Squadron THIRTY-FIVE, Air %26 Space Power Jounral, "Molecular nanotechnology and national security, pg online @ [] //um-ef) MOLECULAR NANOTECHNOLOGY (MNT), when fully developed, will provide the basis for the AND encountered; the control strategy must therefore be ready before that day arrives.

Otherwise a nano arms race and miscalculation will cause extinction //Determine which of the following scenarios are plausible, and if so, whether they// //AND// //Several plausible disaster scenarios appear to pose existential threats to the human race.//
 * CRN 4 (Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, 4/19/04, "Disaster Scenarios", []** //**nz)**//

//US action is key to transparency and solves modeling// //**Altmann 4 (Jurgen, Phd. physics doctoral dissertation on laser radar (University of Hamburg, Germany, since 1985 he has studied scientific-technical problems of disarmament, first concerning high-energy laser weapons, founded the Bochum Verification Project (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany) that does research into the potential of automatic sensor systems for co-operative verification of disarmament and peace agreements. In recent years, he has studied military uses of, first, microsystems technologies and then nanotechnology, with a view towards preventive arms control (both at University of Dortmund, Germany). University of Dortmund). cofounder of the German Research Association Science, Disarmament and International Security FONAS, and currently is a deputy speaker of the Committee Physics and Disarmament of the German Physical Society, military uses of nanotechnology: perspectives and concerns, security dialogue, vol 35, pg online @ [] )**// //It is predicted that nanotechnology (NT) will bring revolutionary changes in many areas// //AND// //NT activities provide an important precedent, they will be briefly described here.//

//That transparency is sufficient to solve miscalculation// //**Altmann 4 (Jurgen, Phd. physics doctoral dissertation on laser radar (University of Hamburg, Germany, since 1985 he has studied scientific-technical problems of disarmament, first concerning high-energy laser weapons, founded the Bochum Verification Project (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany) that does research into the potential of automatic sensor systems for co-operative verification of disarmament and peace agreements. In recent years, he has studied military uses of, first, microsystems technologies and then nanotechnology, with a view towards preventive arms control (both at University of Dortmund, Germany). University of Dortmund). cofounder of the German Research Association Science, Disarmament and International Security FONAS, and currently is a deputy speaker of the Committee Physics and Disarmament of the German Physical Society, military uses of nanotechnology: perspectives and concerns, security dialogue, vol 35, pg online @ [] )**// //The potential for mistrust is expected to be particularly high in areas where revolutionary changes// //AND// //without legally binding agreement with stringent verification covering military NT R%26D.//

//Plan solves science diplomacy// //**Dolan 12** (Bridget M. Dolan, "Science and Technology Agreements as Tools for Science Diplomacy: A U.S. Case Study," Science %26 Diplomacy, Vol. 1, No. 4 (December 2012), pg online @ http://www.sciencediplomacy.org/files/science_and_technology_agreements_as_tools_for_science_diplomacy_science__diplomacy.pdf //um-ef) As this paper has elaborated, U.S. decisions to enter into S AND realities of limited resources—are ambitious enough to foster meaningful international partnerships.

Means you have no impact to any disad //Chairman Baird, Ranking Member Ehlers, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank// //AND// //a means to enhance security, increase global partnerships, and create sustainability.//
 * Fedoroff 8** – subcommittee on research and science education, committee on science and technology, House of Representatives, 110 Congress, administrator of USAID, science and technology advisor to the Secretary of State and US Department of State (Nina, "International Science and Technology Cooperation," Government Printing Office, 4/2/2008, [])//RH//

//Put away nanotech bad—we solve all of it// //Merta 10 (E. Merta, University of New Mexico School of Law, Health Sciences Library, "THE NANOTECHNOLOGY AGENDA:¶ MOLECULAR MACHINES AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION¶ IN THE 21st CENTURY", 3/22/2010, [] //VS) Since its inception, the Foresight Institute has led an effort to confront the potentially AND physical dangers like nanotech accidents, super-weapons, and rogue AIs.