NAME: Dhaisy Marie A.

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Activity on Cost-benefit analysis

BENEFIT: advantages, good effects/impacts, profit

COST: disadvantages, negative effects/impacts, drawbacks

Scenario Benefits Costs Assessment

(List 3 possible benefits) (List 3 possible costs) Which do you think is
more equitable in its
impact? (benefit or cost)

Why?
1. Nanotechnol • It helps the • may lead to In my perspective, the
ogy can medicines to chemical and success of this technology is
provide target the biological amazing, especially in the
alternatives specific region of reactions that field of medicine. This
innovation would be
to early the body cause cancer
equitable because it will
detection of efficiently • It may also
create a future for the
cancer cells, cause healthcare professionals
drug • increases the environmental that is more efficient and
delivery, and time period in harm and provides medical needs for
injectable which a drug organ the society more
vaccines remains active in damage effectively.
that to this the body. caused by
day rely on nanoparticles
healthcare • reduce drug • more likely to
professionals volume avoiding have higher
to the problem of toxicity rate if
administer. accumulation in it’s insoluble
healthy tissue. and may
worsen by
exposure
through
inhalation.
2. • With the help of • potentially
Nanotechnol Trichloroethene, contaminates Because of the amount of
ogy can be a dangerous the soil and pollutants constantly
used to pollutant migrates into growing overtime and
although there are existing
reduce commonly found the surface
methods of preventing and
pollutants in in industrial and
ceasing the production of
the wastewater, can groundwaters. these toxic wastes, it needs
environment be catalyzed more workforce and
such as and treated by • Since these improvements. With the
radioactive nanoparticles. particles are help of nanotechnology it
wastes, oil small enough provides assistance in
spill, and • nano-wires made to penetrate creating a new innovative
propylene of potassium the skin and approach in order for us to
oxide, the manganese diffuse through minimize the production of
raw material oxide and cell toxic wastes. It doesn't only
help in reduction of these
for making formed into a membranes,
pollutants it contributes
plastics. mesh helps they can be
significantly to
collect oil and inhaled and environmental and climate
making oil absorbed, as protection by saving raw
recovery possible well as their materials, energy and
which reduces effects inside water.
the production of the body.
oil and oil pills
• Nanoparticles
are more likely
• using nano- to be reactive
catalysts with than materials
increased that are made
surface area for up of bigger
gaseous particles
reactions because of
Catalysts their size
accelerate having a lot of
chemical surface area
reactions that to explore
convert harmful
vapors into
harmless gases.
3. • the organic This innovative product
Nanotechnol • The size and dye used is presents various benefits
ogy can be microstructure of usually a in creating a source of
incorporated silicon liquid, which sustainable energy.
into solar nanoparticles, can leak out, However, because the
panels to as well as their drastically materials are not cost
convert luminescence shortening the efficient and restrict
sunlight to and quantum lifetime of the access for the society.
electricity efficiency cell With that being said, as it
more properties, are is still a solar panel it
efficiently highly • the high cost would still be needing
and helps in specialized to of only one source of
cleaner solar power manufacture energy which is the sun
production products. associated hence making it difficult
of alternative with solar to sustain energy in some
and • increased light panels, specific areas in the
renewable absorption and coupled with world.
energy charge relatively low
sources. separation to efficiency,
improve the means that it
efficiency of is not cost
solar panels that friendly
are being used

• Silicon
• uses an organic Nanoparticles
dye monolayer are heavily
to help absorb reliant on the
sunlight, much weather and
as plants do for requires a
photosynthesis. very large
storage to
store energy