Toxicity and Risk Assessment of Nanomaterials

Toxicity and Risk Assessment of Nanomaterials

Gulzar Ahmed Rather, Mir Zahoor Gul, Muzafar Riyaz, Arghya Chakravorty, Mohd Hashim Khan, Anima Nanda, Mohd Yasin Bhat
ISBN13: 9781799850496|ISBN10: 1799850498|EISBN13: 9781799850502
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5049-6.ch019
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Rather, Gulzar Ahmed, et al. "Toxicity and Risk Assessment of Nanomaterials." Handbook of Research on Nano-Strategies for Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance and Cancer, edited by Muthupandian Saravanan, et al., IGI Global, 2021, pp. 391-416. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5049-6.ch019

APA

Rather, G. A., Gul, M. Z., Riyaz, M., Chakravorty, A., Khan, M. H., Nanda, A., & Bhat, M. Y. (2021). Toxicity and Risk Assessment of Nanomaterials. In M. Saravanan, V. Gopinath, & K. Deekonda (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Nano-Strategies for Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance and Cancer (pp. 391-416). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5049-6.ch019

Chicago

Rather, Gulzar Ahmed, et al. "Toxicity and Risk Assessment of Nanomaterials." In Handbook of Research on Nano-Strategies for Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance and Cancer, edited by Muthupandian Saravanan, Venkatraman Gopinath, and Karthik Deekonda, 391-416. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5049-6.ch019

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Abstract

The development and advancement of nanotechnology has led to widespread use of nanomaterials (NMs) in a wide variety of fields, including the environment, agriculture, biomedicine, industry, and human health. Nanomaterials may interfere with biological systems due to their smaller size and increased surface area ratios in terms of volume which may raise unanticipated toxicological apprehensions. The minute nature of the particles may cross biological margins and induce toxicity in vital organs like the human brain and placenta. Moreover, environmental exposures to NMs are inevitable, which have become crucial parts of our daily routine lives and consequently, search for the nanotoxicity is gaining attention to lessen or get rid of the toxic impacts of the NMs. The safety concerns and risk assessment of NMs have been raised significantly in research community circles, industries, and regulatory bodies. The information in the concerned section, obtained from current literature and toxicological effects of NMs research are assorted.

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