TITLE:
Safety and Risk Associated with Nanoparticles - A Review
AUTHORS:
Vinita Vishwakarma, Subhranshu Sekhar Samal, N. Manoharan
KEYWORDS:
Nanosafety, nanoparticles, nanotoxicity, health and risk, environmental impact
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering,
Vol.9 No.5,
May
20,
2010
ABSTRACT: The emerging field of nanotechnology has created risk for environment and human health.
Nanoparticles are not a recent discovery. It has existed for many years. Today synthesis of
nanoparticles takes place for many applications in various field of science, technology,
medicine, colloid technologies, diagnostics, drug delivery, health impacts, food, personal care
applications etc. In spite of this, toxicology of nanoparticles is poorly understood as there are no
sufficient methods to test nanoparticles for health, safety and environmental impacts, especially
in the size range lower than 50nm.