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Environment, Health and Safety Issues in Nanotechnology

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With the rapid development of nanotechnology and its application, lots of nanomaterials or nanorelated products are now used in society. Nanotechnology offers substantial economic and societal benefits, but its impacts on environment, health, and safety (EHS) issues are not clearly understood or defined. Interactions between nanomaterials (sourced from nanotechnology development) and the human body and even with the ecological system have attracted much concern. In this chapter, the impacts of the development of nanotechnology on EHS issues has been surveyed focusing on present knowledge of the most important nanomaterials, dominant physicochemical characteristics which contribute to relevant toxicities, and state-of-the-art techniques and established biomarkers within this research field. This information may not be enough to fill the knowledge gap concerning the impacts of nanotechnology on EHS, but should help scientists and authorities to realize the risks involved and to take steps for sustainable development in the foreseeable future.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2016YFA0201600), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21477029, 21320102003, 21277037, 21403043, and 21277080), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA09040400), the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 2152037), Major Project of the National Social Science Fund (Grant No. 12&ZD117) ‘‘Ethical issues of high-tech'', and the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (11425520).

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