Nanomaterials: Risks and Benefits

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Linkov, Igor (Editor), Steevens, Jeffery (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Environmental management.; Environmental economics.; Nanotechnology.; Materials Science.; Environmental Management.; Environmental Economics.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

Many potential questions regarding the risks associated with the development and use of wide-ranging technologies enabled through engineered nanomaterials. For example, with over 600 consumer products available globally, what information exists that describes their risk to human health and the envir...