Nanomaterials: Risks and Benefits
There are many potential questions regarding the risks associated with the development and use of wide-ranging technologies enabled through engineered nanomaterials. For example, with over 600 consumer products available globally, what information exists that describes their risk to human health and...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
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2009.
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| Series: | NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
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| Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9491-0 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part 1. Human Health Risks
- Human Health Risks of Engineered Nanomaterials: Critical Knowledge Gaps in Nanomaterials Risk Assessment
- Disposition of Nanoparticles as a Function of their Interactions with Biomolecules
- Assessment of Quantum Dot Penetration into Skin in Different Species under Different Mechanical Actions
- Nanotechnology the Occupational Health and Safety Concerns
- Biomarkers of Nanoparticles Impact on Biological Systems
- Nanocontamination of the Soldiers in a Battle Space
- Part 2. Environmental Risk
- SMARTEN: Strategic Management and Assessment of Risks and Toxicity of Engineered Nanomaterials
- Solid-Phase Characteristics of Engineered Nanoparticles: A Multi-Dimensional Approach
- Nanomaterial Transport, Transformation, and Fate in the Environment: A Risk-based Perspective on Research Needs
- Visualization and Transport of Quantum Dot Nanomaterials in Porous Media
- Developing an Ecological Risk Framework to Assess Environmental Safety of Nanoscale Products: Ecological Risk Framework
- Development of a Three-Level Risk Assessment Strategy for Nanomaterials
- Classifying Nanomaterial Risks Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
- Part 3. Technology and Benefits
- Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology: Applications, Consumer Products, and Benefits
- Risk Reduction via Greener Synthesis of Noble Metal Nanostructures and Nanocomposites
- Remediation of Contaminated Groundwater Using Nano-Carbon Colloids
- A Novel Size-Selective Airborne Particle Sampling Instrument (WRAS) for Health Risk Evaluation
- Nanotechnologies and Environmental Risks: Measurement Technologies and Strategies
- Part 4. International Perspectives
- Processing of Polymer Nanofibers through Electrospinning as Drug Delivery Systems
- Air Pollution Monitoring and Use of Nanotechnology Based Solid State Gas Sensors in Greater Cairo Area, Egypt
- Advanced Material Nanotechnology in Israel
- Silver Nanoparticles: Environmental and Human Health Impacts
- Developing Strategies in Brazil to Manage the Emerging Nanotechnology and its Associated Risks
- The Current State-of-the-Art in the Area of Nanotechnology Risk Assessment in Russia; M. Melkonyan
- Environmental Risk Assessment of Nanomaterials
- Part 5. Policy and Regulatory Aspects
- Considerations for Implementation of Manufactured Nanomaterial Policy and Governance
- The Safety of Nanotechnologies at the OECD; P. Kearns et al
- Nanomaterials in Consumer Products: Categorization and Exposure Assessment
- Strategic Approaches for the Management of Environmental Risk Uncertainties Posed by Nanomaterials
- Nanomaterials: Applications, Risks, Ethics and Society
- Group Decision-Making in Selecting Nanotechnology Supplier: AHP Application in Presence of Complete and Incomplete Information
- Uncertainty in Life Cycle Assessment of Nanomaterials: Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Framework for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes in Power Applications
- Knowing Much While Knowing Nothing: Perception and Misperception about Nanomaterials
- List of Participants
- Author Index.-.