Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety: Risks, Regulation and Management

Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety, Second Edition focuses not only on the impact of nanotechnology and the discipline of nanotoxicity, but also explains each of these disciplines through in the context of management requirements and via risk scenarios - providing an overview of regulation, risk management, and exposure. Contributors thoroughly explain environmental health and safety (EHS) issues, financial implications, foreseeable risks (e.g., exposure, dose, hazards of nanomaterials), occupational hygiene, and consumer protection. Key new chapters have been included covering eco-toxicity, nanomedicine, informatics, and future threats. New case studies have also been added, including a chapter on the impact of nanosilver on the environment, as well as an assessment of how well lessons have been learned from the past, such as in the case of asbestos. The book also makes a business case for the importance of proactive EHS management - essential reading for existing or prospective producers of nanoscale products. Practical guidance on risk management and mitigation across different legislative frameworks worldwideReviews toxicological studies and industrial initiatives, supported by numerous case studiesIncludes extensive new material on the implications of nanotechnology for medicine, energy and food, as well as assessing future threats. INDICE: IntroductionWhat are the warning signs we should be looking for?Are we willing to heed the lessons of the past? Nanomaterials and Australia's asbestos legacyCharacterization of Nanomaterials for Nano EHS studiesToxicological Studies with Nanoscale Materials - what we've learned so farNanomaterials ecotoxicology: a case study with nanosilversA Case Study of a Nanoscale-Research Facility Safety through Design and OperationA Nanomaterial RegistryTwo Steps Forward, One Step Back: Shaping the Nanotechnologies Landscape through Regulatory ChoiceA Nanotechnology Legal FrameworkNanotechnology Risk Management: An Insurance Industry PerspectiveCommercialization of Cellulose Nanocrystal (NCCTM) Production: A business case focusing on the importance of proactive EHS managementNanomaterials and Health - Implications for Medicines, Energy, and FoodNanoinformatics: data driven materials design for health and environmental needsNano EHS threats of the futureNanotechnology: A Sustainable Industrial Revolution?

• ISBN: 978-0-12-810135-3
• Editorial: William Andrew
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Fecha Publicación: 30/10/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés