Nanotechnology : health and environmental risks /
by Jo Anne Shatkin.
- Second edition.
- 1 online resource (284 pages) : 20 illustrations
chapter 1 Introduction: Assessing Nanotechnology Health and Environmental Risks / chapter 2 Defining Risk Assessment and How It Is Used for Environmental Protection and Its Potential Role for Managing Nanotechnology Risks / chapter 3 Sustainable Nanotechnology Development Using Risk Assessment and Applying Life Cycle Thinking / chapter 4 The State of the Science: Human Health, Toxicology, and Nanotechnology Risks / chapter 5 The State of the Science: Environmental Risks / chapter 6 Nano LCRA: An Adaptive Screening-Level Life Cycle Risk-Assessment Framework for Nanotechnology / chapter 7 Comprehensive Environmental Assessment and Other Life Cycle-Based Approaches for Assessing Nanotechnology / chapter 8 Managing Risks in Occupational Environments / chapter 9 Nanotechnology Risk Communication / chapter 10 Ongoing International Efforts to Address Risk Issues for Nanotechnology / Jo Anne Shatkin -- Jo Anne Shatkin -- Jo Anne Shatkin -- Richard C. Pleus -- Jo Anne Shatkin -- Jo Anne Shatkin -- J. Michael Davis -- Thomas M. Peters -- Ann Bostrom -- Jo Anne Shatkin.
Should you adopt nanotechnology? If you have already adopted it, what do you need to know? What are the risks? Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies are revolutionizing the ways we treat disease, produce energy, manufacture products, and attend to our daily wants and needs. To continue to capture the promise of these transformative products, however, we need to ask critical questions about the broader impacts of nanotechnology on society and the environment. Exploring these questions, the second edition of Nanotechnology: Health and Environmental Risks gives you the latest tools to understand the risks of nanotechnology and make better decisions about using it.