Abstract
Nanotechnology is identified as a key enabling technology due to its potential to contribute to economic growth and societal well-being across industrial sectors. Sustainable nanotechnology requires a scientifically based and proportionate risk governance structure to support innovation, including a robust framework for environmental risk assessment (ERA) that ideally builds on methods established for conventional chemicals to ensure alignment and avoid duplication. Exposure assessment developed as a tiered approach is equally beneficial to nano-specific ERA as for other classes of chemicals. Here we present the developing knowledge, practical considerations and key principles need to support exposure assessment for engineered nanomaterials for regulatory and research applications.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 731-742 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Nature Nanotechnology |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 9 |
Early online date | 17 Aug 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2020 |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105906 Environmental geosciences
- 210006 Nanotechnology
Keywords
- Environmental, health and safety issues
- Regulation and risk management
- Nanotechnology
- regulatory and research applications
- METAL-OXIDE NANOPARTICLES
- RELEASE
- FATE
- SILVER NANOPARTICLES
- ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS
- PARTICLE-SIZE
- POROUS-MEDIA
- LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT
- TITANIUM-DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES
- TIO2 NANOPARTICLES