Nanomaterials : toxicity, health and environmental issues / edited by Challa S.S.R. Kumar.
Material type: TextSeries: Nanotechnologies for the life sciences ; v. 5.Publication details: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, c2006.Description: xviii, 333 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:- 9783527313853 (cased) :
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface.List of Authors.I Toxicity.1 Biotoxicity of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles (Amanda M. Fond and Gerald J. Meyer).1.1 Introduction.1.2 Nanoparticles in the Environment.1.3 How Nanoparticles are Introduced into Mammalian Systems.1.4 Health Threats.1.5 Nanomaterials and Biotoxicity.1.6 Conclusions.Acknowledgment.References.2 Ecotoxicity of Engineered Nanomaterials (Eva Oberdo rster, Patricia McClellan-Green, and Mary Haasch).2.1 Introduction.2.2 Water.2.3 Air.2.4 Soils.2.5 Weathering.2.6 Biomarkers.2.7 Conclusions.References.II Health.3 Possible Health Impact of Nanomaterials (Peter H. M. Hoet, Irene Bru ske-Hohlfeld, and Oleg V. Salata).3.1 Introduction.3.2 Sources of Nanoparticles.3.3 Epidemiological Evidence.3.4 Entry Routes into the Human Body.3.5 What Makes Nanoparticles Dangerous?3.6 Summary and Discussion.3.7 What Can be Done?References.4 Dosimetry, Epidemiology and Toxicology of Nanoparticles (Wolfgang G. Kreyling, Manuela Semmler-Behnke, and Winfried Moller).4.1 Introduction.4.2 Inhaled Nanoparticle Dosimetry.4.3 Toxicological Plausibility of Health Effects Caused by Nanoparticles.4.4 Integrated Concept of Risk Assessment of Nanoparticles.References.5 Impact of Ceramic and Metallic Nano-scaled Particles on Endothelial Cell Functions in Vitro (Kirsten Peters, Ronald E. Unger, Antonietta M. Gatti, Enrico Sabbioni, Andrea Gambarelli, and C. James Kirkpatrick).5.1 Introduction.5.2 Materials and Methods.5.3 Results.5.4 Discussion.Acknowledgments.References.6 Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes and its Implications for Occupational and Environmental Health (Chiu-wing Lam, John T. James, Richard McCluskey, Andrij Holian, and Robert L. Hunter).6.1 Introduction.6.2 Carbon Nanotubes and Nanotechnology.6.3 Manufactured Carbon Nanotubes: Their Synthesis, Properties, and Potential Applications.6.4 Occurrence of Carbon Nanotubes in the Environment.6.5 Toxicological Studies and Toxicity of Manufactured CNTs.6.6 Health Risk Implications.Acknowledgment.References.7 Toxicity of Nanomaterials - new carbon conformations and metal oxides -- 8.Nanomaterials for environmental remediation -- 10.Nanoparticles for the photocatalytic removal of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in water. Meather M. Coleman -- 11.Nanosensors for environmental applications. Wan Y. Shih and Wei-Heng Shih -- 12.Toxicology of nanoparticles in environmental air pollution. Ken Donaldson, Nicholas Mills, David E. Newby, William MacNee, and Vicki Stone.
Offering an overview of nanoparticle related environmental risks depending on particle type and exposed surroundings, this volume brings together both medical and nanotechnological aspects. It adopts an approach to toxicology from both particle size as well as particle nature, covering various nanomaterial classes.