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Nanotechnology : health and environmental risks / by Jo Anne Shatkin.

By: Shatkin, Jo Anne [author.].
Contributor(s): CRC Press.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2012Edition: Second edition.Description: 1 online resource (284 pages) : 20 illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781315216799; 9781351823999.Subject(s): Nanotechnology -- Environmental aspects | Nanotechnology -- Health aspects | Nanotechnology -- Risk assessmentAdditional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 620/.5 Online resources: Click here to view.
Contents:
chapter 1 Introduction: Assessing Nanotechnology Health and Environmental Risks / Jo Anne Shatkin -- chapter 2 Defining Risk Assessment and How It Is Used for Environmental Protection and Its Potential Role for Managing Nanotechnology Risks / Jo Anne Shatkin -- chapter 3 Sustainable Nanotechnology Development Using Risk Assessment and Applying Life Cycle Thinking / Jo Anne Shatkin -- chapter 4 The State of the Science: Human Health, Toxicology, and Nanotechnology Risks / Richard C. Pleus -- chapter 5 The State of the Science: Environmental Risks / Jo Anne Shatkin -- chapter 6 Nano LCRA: An Adaptive Screening-Level Life Cycle Risk-Assessment Framework for Nanotechnology / Jo Anne Shatkin -- chapter 7 Comprehensive Environmental Assessment and Other Life Cycle-Based Approaches for Assessing Nanotechnology / J. Michael Davis -- chapter 8 Managing Risks in Occupational Environments / Thomas M. Peters -- chapter 9 Nanotechnology Risk Communication / Ann Bostrom -- chapter 10 Ongoing International Efforts to Address Risk Issues for Nanotechnology / Jo Anne Shatkin.
Abstract: 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.
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chapter 1 Introduction: Assessing Nanotechnology Health and Environmental Risks / Jo Anne Shatkin -- chapter 2 Defining Risk Assessment and How It Is Used for Environmental Protection and Its Potential Role for Managing Nanotechnology Risks / Jo Anne Shatkin -- chapter 3 Sustainable Nanotechnology Development Using Risk Assessment and Applying Life Cycle Thinking / Jo Anne Shatkin -- chapter 4 The State of the Science: Human Health, Toxicology, and Nanotechnology Risks / Richard C. Pleus -- chapter 5 The State of the Science: Environmental Risks / Jo Anne Shatkin -- chapter 6 Nano LCRA: An Adaptive Screening-Level Life Cycle Risk-Assessment Framework for Nanotechnology / Jo Anne Shatkin -- chapter 7 Comprehensive Environmental Assessment and Other Life Cycle-Based Approaches for Assessing Nanotechnology / J. Michael Davis -- chapter 8 Managing Risks in Occupational Environments / Thomas M. Peters -- chapter 9 Nanotechnology Risk Communication / Ann Bostrom -- chapter 10 Ongoing International Efforts to Address Risk Issues for Nanotechnology / 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.

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