Shatkin, Jo Anne.

Nanotechnology health and environmental risks / [[Book] :] Jo Anne Shatkin. - Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2008. - xix, 167 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. - Perspectives in nanotechnology .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : assessing nanotechnology health and environmental risks -- Defining risk assessment and how it is used for environmental protection, and its potential role for managing nanotechnology risks -- Sustainable nanotechnology development using risk assessment and applying life cycle thinking -- The state of the science : human health, toxicology, and nanotechnological risk / Brenda E. Barry -- The state of the science : environmental risks -- NANO LCRA : an adaptive screening-level life cycle risk assessment framework for nanotechnology -- Alternative approaches for life cycle risk assessment for nanotechnology and comprehensive environmental assessment / Jo Anne Shatkin and J. Michael Davis -- Current and proposed approaches for managing risks in occupational environments / Brenda E. Barry -- Ongoing international efforts to address risk issues for nanotechnology.

All age.

9781420053630 (hardback : alk. paper) 1420053639 (hardback : alk. paper)

2007049980

GBA790965 bnb

014276472 Uk 101322843 DNLM


Nanotechnology--Risk assessment.
Nanotechnology--Health aspects.
Nanotechnology--Environmental aspects.
Nanotechnology.
Risk Assessment.
Environmental Pollutants--toxicity.
Occupational Exposure--adverse effects.

T174.7 / .S52 2008

620.5

QT 36.5 / S N