Where are we heading in nanotechnology environmental health and safety and materials characterization?

Andre E Nel, Wolfgang J Parak, Warren CW Chan, Tian Xia, Mark C Hersam, C Jeffrey Brinker, Jeffrey I Zink, Kent E Pinkerton, Donald R Baer, Paul S Weiss

ACS Nano 2015, 9, 6, 5627–5630 | DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b03496


Abstract

Nanotechnology environmental health and safety is a research
discipline that involves the study of the possible adverse health and
biological effects that nanomaterials may have on humans and
environmental organisms and ecosystems.