
Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety
Risks, Regulation, and Management
Description
Key Features
- Reviews toxicological studies and industrial initiatives, supported by numerous case studies
- Covers new generation of nanoparticles and significantly expands on existing material from second edition
- Only edited volume to collect research on the regulatory and risk implications of a wide array of industrial, environmental and consumer nanomaterials
Readership
Academic and federal laboratory researchers; state and federal regulators; emerging nanotechnology business executives; risk managers and insurance professionals; legislators; safety professionals; toxicologists; venture capitalists; academics and postgraduate students in engineering, public health, geoscience, environmental science, and chemistry
Table of Contents
Part I: Precaution
1. Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety – introduction
2. Is there a need for any more environmental health and safety research on nanoparticles?
3. Responsible Research and Innovation
4. What are the warning signs that we should be looking forward?
5. Emergency management of emerging technologies – nanotechnology
6. The role of NGOs in shaping the Environmental Health and Safety nanotech agendaPart II: Progress
7. Characterization of nanomaterials for nanoEHS studies
8. Toxicological issues to consider when evaluating the safety of consumer products containing nanomaterials
9. Long-term effects – assessing the chronic toxicity of engineered nanomaterials
10. Workplace standards
11. Nanomaterials ecotoxicology: a case study with nanosilver
12. A Nanomaterial Registry
13. Nanoinformatics: data driven materials design for health and environmental needsPart III: Perspectives
14. A case study of a nanoscale-research facility safety through design and operation
15. What should epidemioligists be looking for, or doing, to ensure worker safety?
16. Commercialization of cellulose nanocrystal (NCCTM) production: A business case focusing on the importance of proactive EHS management
17. Safe, rapid development of nanotechnologies
18. Nanotechnology risk management: An insurance industry perspective
19. Managing nanotechnology risks in small business
20. Lowering insurance premiums – a how to guide for small nanotechnology businesses
21. A nanotechnology legal framework
22. The EPA/NSF funded centers for environmental implications of nanotechnology
23. Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Shaping the Nanotechnologies Landscape Through Regulatory ChoicePart IV: Personal
24. Consumer use of nanoparticles in sunscreens
25. Cosmetics
26. Cleaning productsPart V: Prediction and Sustainability
27. Exploring boundaries around the safe use of advanced materials: A Prospective Product-Based Case Studies approach
28. What’s ahead – what can we expect from the nano-enabled materials and systems of the future
29. Nanomaterial governance, planetary health and the sustainocene transition
30. Sustainable nanotechnology: a regional perspective
Product details
- No. of pages: 580
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2018
- Published: August 14, 2018
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128135884
- eBook ISBN: 9780128135891
About the Editors
Matthew Hull
Affiliations and Expertise
Diana Bowman
Affiliations and Expertise
Ratings and Reviews
There are currently no reviews for "Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety"