Nanotechnology health and environmental risks

• Other Authors: Shatkin, Jo Anne
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, c2008.
• Series: Perspectives in nanotechnology
• Subjects: Nanotechnology > Risk assessment.; Nanotechnology > Health aspects.; Nanotechnology > Environmental aspects.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781420053647
• Physical Description: 192 p.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: assessing nanotechnology health and environmental risks
• Defining risk assessment and how it is used for environmental protection, and its potential role for managing nanotechnology risks
• Sustainable nanotechnology development using risk assessment and applying life cycle thinking
• The state of the science: human health, toxicology, and nano-technological risk / Brenda E. Barry
• The state of the science: environmental risks
• NANO LCRA an adaptive screening-level life cycle risk assessment framework for nanotechnology
• Alternative approaches for life cycle risk assessment for nanotechnology and comprehensive environmental assessment / Jo Anne Shatkin and J. Michael Davis
• Current and proposed approaches for managing risks in occupational environments / Brenda E. Barry
• Ongoing international efforts to address risk issues for nanotechnology.