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Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety, 2nd Edition

by Matthew Scott Hull, Diana Bowman

June 2014

Beginner to intermediate

464 pages

16h 35m

English

William Andrew

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2.1 Early warning signs2.2 Cautionary tales, but is anyone listening?2.3 Two steps forward and one step back? Or one step forward and two steps back?2.4 But have we done enough?References
3.1 Introduction3.2 Lessons of the past3.3 Big problems with small materials3.4 Controls and risk assessment3.5 What needs to be done?3.6 Answering the call for precaution?—SWA approach to ENMs post 20093.7 Emerging from the shadow: 2009 SWA report3.8 A big shift: 2010–20123.9 A move toward higher levels of control3.10 ConclusionsAcknowledgmentReferences

4.1 Introduction4.2 Morphology4.3 Chemical composition4.4 Standard reference materials and method standards4.5 Incidental nanoparticles and nanoparticle cycles under relevant conditions4.6 Advanced measurement techniques4.7 Routine analysis4.8 Reporting recommendations4.9 ConclusionsReferences
5.1 Introduction5.2 Types of consumer products that contain nanomaterials5.3 Life cycle exposure to nanomaterials in consumer products5.4 Nanotoxicology5.5 Safety evaluations of consumer products containing nanomaterials5.6 Characterizing nanomaterials for toxicological evaluation5.7 Recommendations for companies developing nano-containing consumer products5.8 ConclusionReferences
6.1 Introduction6.2 Importance of comprehensive assessment of in-use applications6.3 General ecotoxicology6.4 Environmental modifying factors6.5 Dosimetry considerations6.6 Ecotoxicology related to modeled environmental concentrations6.7 Conclusions and applicability of nanosilver to general nanotoxicologyReferences
7.1 Introduction7.2 Registry concepts7.3 Data curation7.4 Leveraging initiatives in nanotechnology7.5 ConclusionsAcknowledgmentsReferences
8.1 Overview8.2 Introduction—the information challenge8.3 Quantifying information complexity in nanoscience8.4 Harnessing nanoinformatics: case studies8.5 Big data for nanotechnology policyReferences
9.1 The BNC facility9.2 Safety considerations9.3 Designing in safety9.4 Identification of hazard potentials in the BNC9.5 Designing in safety—key examples9.6 Gas hazard mitigation design9.7 Summary
10.1 Introduction10.2 Regulatory framework in Canada10.3 Physical–chemical characterization of NCC™10.4 Ecotoxicological and toxicological test results for NCC™10.5 Occupational and environmental testing at the NCC™ demonstration plant10.6 ConclusionsReferences
11.1 Introduction11.2 Risk management strategies11.3 Which strategy to choose?11.4 Insurance exposure and tools for risk management11.5 Potential risk management and regulatory issues for nanomaterials11.6 Likely insurance scenarios11.7 ConclusionsReferences
12.1 Nano-product legal life cycle12.2 Legal issues12.3 ConclusionReferences
13.1 Shaping behavior through regulation: subtle and not so subtle approaches13.2 Key lessons and recommendations of regulatory reviews to date13.3 Multilateral and multiparty initiatives: the story so far13.4 Moving forward amidst uncertaintyReferences
14.1 Introduction14.2 Defining advanced materials14.3 Advanced material risks and safe use—a prospective product-based case study approach14.4 Testing the prospective product case study methodology—an example using a hypothetical dynamic food product label14.5 A prospective product case study—a graphene-based dynamic labels for food products14.6 Utility of the prospective product case study methodologyAcknowledgmentsReferences
15.1 Introduction15.2 Nanotechnology safety in global context15.3 Regulatory uncertainty and nano-sunscreens15.4 Regulatory uncertainty and nanosilver15.5 Paths to greater nanoregulatory certainty15.6 Reorienting global regulation so nanotechnology assists the Sustainocene15.7 Reorienting the scientific quest toward nanotechnology’s role with the Sustainocene15.8 Rethinking the ethics of corporate globalization15.9 Reorienting international law to nanotechnology’s role with the Sustainocene15.10 The moral culmination of nanoregulation in globalized artificial photosynthesisReferences
16.1 Introduction16.2 Environmental considerations16.3 Societal considerations16.4 Economic considerations of nanotechnology and sustainability16.5 SummaryAcknowledgmentsReferences