International Perspectives on Environmental Nanotechnology
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Nanomaterials and their associated technologies hold promising opportunities for the development of new materials and applications in a wide variety of disciplines, including medicine, environmental remediation, waste treatment, and energy conservation. However, current information regarding the environmental effects and health risks associated with nanotechnology is limited and sometimes contradictory. This paper summarizes the conclusions of a 2008 NATO workshop designed to evaluate the wide-scale implications of nanotechnology on human health and the environment. A unique feature of this workshop was its interdisciplinary nature and focus on the practical needs of policy decision makers. Workshop presentations and discussion panels were structured along four main themes: technology and innovation, human health risk, environmental risk, and policy implications. Four corresponding working groups were formed to develop detailed summaries of the state-of-the-science in their respective areas and to identify emerging gaps and research needs. Gaps between the rapid advances in nanotechnology and the slower pace of human health and environmental risk science were identifi ed, along with strategies to reduce the associated uncertainties.
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تاریخ انتشار 2010