New products containing nanomaterials are constantly being released to the market and used for diverse purposes. As a result, growing amounts of products containing nanomaterials enter the end-of-life phase of the lifecycle and are disposed. What is nanowaste and what actually happens to nanomaterials during the waste treatment processes? Are nanomaterials being released from their product matrix during disposal, combustion or recycling and if so, is there a risk for humans and the environment?
The recently published DaNa-article "Nanoparticles in waste" will answer these and other questions which can be found in our Cross-Cutting section.
Information on the sponsorship programmes of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research on nanotechnologies for humans and the environment.
A database with important and generally understandable aspects on health and environment of applied nanomaterials as well as facts on the safety of manufactured nanomaterials.
The chapters on release, exposure, uptake and behavior of nanomaterials in the human body and in the environment as well as the risk assessment will give you a first overview.
Tue Mar 03 @12:00AM Cluster Nanotechnology: NanoCarbon Annual Conference |
Tue Apr 20 @ 8:00AM - 05:00PM NanoTox2021 |
In October we would like to present the special issue "Future Nanosafety" published in "Chemical Research in Toxicology".
In 17 articles operation procedures for future test methods, alternatives for animal testing, safe-by-design processes and detection methods of nanoparticles are presented.