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Nanoparticles in the real world

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Risk assessments of products containing nanomaterials require both the materials in the products and the materials emitted during their use to be analysed so that realistic exposures can be determined.

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Figure 1: Realistic exposure and hazard assessments for engineered nanomaterials in commercially available products require detailed characterization of these materials in the actual forms in which they are used.

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McCall, M. Nanoparticles in the real world. Nature Nanotech 6, 613–614 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2011.169

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