Nanotechnology, environmental health and safety : risks, regulation and management

Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety, Second Edition focuses not only on the impact of nanotechnology and the discipline of nanotoxicity, but also explains each of these disciplines through in the context of management requirements and via risk scenarios - providing an overview of regulati...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Hull, Matthew, Bowman, Diana, 1979-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/William Andrew, ©2010.
Edition1st ed.
SeriesMicro & nano technologies.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780080947662
0080947662
9780815515869
0815515863
Physical Description1 online resource (xxi, 326 pages) : illustrations.

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Table of Contents:
  • Toxicological studies with nanoscale materials
  • Are we willing to heed the lessons of the past? Nanotechnology and Australia's asbestos legacy
  • Global perspectives on the oversight of nanotechnologies
  • A nanotechnology legal framework
  • Nanotechnology risk management : an insurance industry perspective
  • Industry-led initiative for occupational health and safety
  • Nanotechnology risk management and small business : a case study on the NanoSafe Framework
  • A case study of a nanoscale-research facility safety through design and operation.