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There are many potential questions regarding the risks associated with the development and use of wide-ranging technologies enabled through engineered nanomaterials. For example, with over 600 consumer products available globally, what information exists that describes their risk to human health and the environment? What engineering or use controls can be deployed to minimize the potential environmental health and safety impacts of nanomaterials throughout the manufacturing and product lifecycles? How can the potential environmental and health benefits of nanotechnology be realized and maximized? The book chapters clearly illustrate that while existing chemical risk assessment and risk management frameworks may provide a starting point, the unique properties of nanomaterials adds a significant level of complexity to this process. The focus of many chapters is on identification of strategies and tools that could currently be implemented to reduce technical uncertainty and prioritize research to address the immediate needs of the regulatory and risk assessment communities. Papers in the book illustrate application of advanced risk assessment, comprehensive environmental assessment, risk characterization methods, decision analysis techniques, and other approaches to help focus research and inform policymakers benefiting the world at large.

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Book category Books in English Economics, finance, business & management Economics Environmental economics

• Full title: Nanomaterials
• Subtitle: Risks and Benefits
• Author: Igor Linkov, Jeffery A. Steevens
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 472
• EAN: 9781402094903
• ISBN: 1402094906
• ID: 01418768
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Weight: 1500 g
• Dimensions: 26 × 155 × 28 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. December 2008

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