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Case Studies in Nanotoxicology and Particle Toxicology
1st Edition - May 26, 2015
Authors: Antonietta M Gatti, Stefano Montanari
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780128012154
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eBook ISBN:9780128012543
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Case Studies in Nanotoxicology and Particle Toxicology presents a highly-illustrated analysis of the most prominent cases on the adverse effects of nanoparticles and their imp…Read more
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Case Studies in Nanotoxicology and Particle Toxicology presents a highly-illustrated analysis of the most prominent cases on the adverse effects of nanoparticles and their impact on humans and the environment.
This comprehensive reference demonstrates the possible risks imposed by managing and handling nanoparticles, showing the effects of involuntary inhalation or ingestion during their use and after their incineration.
Through the use of numerous examples, readers will discover the possible risks and effects of working with nanoparticles, along with best practices to prevent these effects. The text is an essential reference for anyone working in the risk assessment of nanoparticles, including nanosafety professionals, occupational toxicologists, regulatory toxicologists, and clinicians.
Presents real-life cases showing the potential risks to human health following exposure to nanoparticles
An ideal reference for anyone working in the risk assessment of nanoparticles, including nanosafety professionals, occupational toxicologists, regulatory toxicologists, and clinicians
Provides examples to help assess risks of handling engineered nanomaterials
Advises on the best forms of protection and the safest nanotechnological products
Toxicologists, risk assessors, graduate students in toxicology, regulators and policy makers, clinicians
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
Abstract
1.1. The history
1.2. What is nanopathology?
Chapter 2: A Very Brief History of Particulate Pollution
Abstract
2.1. Origin
Chapter 3: Nanotoxicity
Abstract
3.1. Introduction
3.2. New scenario of the nano-bio-interactions
3.3. The nanotoxicological debate
Chapter 4: Clinical Cases
Abstract
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Mesothelioma: a nanofiber-induced disease
4.3. Hashimoto thyroiditis
4.4. Ameloblastoma
4.5. Leukemia and lymphoma
4.6. Congenital malformations
4.7. Cryoglobulinemia
4.8. Breast cancer
Chapter 5: Sentinel Cases
Abstract
5.1. Introduction: nanopathology and toxicology
5.2. Sentinel cases
5.3. Hepatic granulomas: same disease, different pathogens
5.4. Archeology and war
5.5. The case of the worker in a ceramic-tile industry
5.6. Precious alloys in a prostatic neoformation
5.7. The case of a child with prostate cancer
5.8. A malformed child born with leukemia
5.9. Malformed children
5.10. The child with bone cancer
5.11. The case of the patient killed by repeated enemas
5.12. The boy who played five-a-side football
5.13. The boy who went into a sudden coma
Chapter 6: Environmental Cases and Nanoecotoxicology
Abstract
6.1. The case of a power plant
6.2. Contamination around urban incinerators
6.3. The case of the incinerator of Terni
6.4. Contamination by engineered nanoparticles
Chapter 7: War Cases and Terrorist Attacks
Abstract
7.1. Introduction
7.2. The war environmental dust
7.3. The Italian case: diseases among soldiers after the Balkan war
7.4. The case of Soldier 1
7.5. The case of Soldier 2
7.6. A case of a soldier with contaminated semen and artificial insemination
7.7. A case of a soldier with aspergillosis complications
7.8. The case of a civilian who worked in Sarajevo during the siege and war
7.9. The cases of two reporters who worked in the Gulf and Balkan War theaters
7.10. Quirra and the Quirra Syndrome
7.11. The cases of rescue workers during the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers
7.12. Have Hiroshima and Nagasaki been misinterpreted?
7.13. A brief conclusion
Chapter 8: Food, Drugs and Nanoparticles
Abstract
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Intentional and accidental contamination of food
8.3. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and food
8.4. Vaccine contamination
Chapter 9: Occupational Cases
Abstract
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Printers and nanoink
9.3. Cases of spontaneous pneumothorax
9.4. Working pollution in nanotechnology laboratories
Chapter 10: Miscellaneous Cases
Abstract
10.1. Impact of smoking
10.2. Diabetes, chronic-fatigue syndrome and other pathologies that could be explained from a different point of view
10.3. Other possible effects of nanoparticle exposure
Chapter 11: The Future of Nanotechnologies
Abstract
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Can nanomedicine solve the unsolved problems of medicine?
11.3. The success of nanosilver
11.4. Analysis of the end of the life cycle of nanoproducts
11.5. Prevention and systems of prevention
11.6. Present and future
Chapter 12: Conclusions
Abstract
12.1. Conclusions
Index
No. of pages: 276
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: May 26, 2015
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780128012154
eBook ISBN: 9780128012543
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Antonietta M Gatti
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, National Research Council, Rome, Italy; Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Sciences Convergence, US Department of State, Washington DC, USA; Founder, Nanodiagnostics Srl, Modena, Italy
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Stefano Montanari
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Nanodiagnostics Srl
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