Nanoethics and Nanotoxicology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Houdy, Philippe (Editor), Lahmani, Marcel (Editor), Marano, Francelyne (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Subjects: Physics.; Pharmacology.; Ethics.; Medical ethics.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Nanotechnology.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

Nanobiotechnology is a fast developing field of research and application in many domains such as in medicine, pharmacy, cosmetics and agro-industry. The book addresses the lastest fundamental results on nanotoxicology and nanoethics, and the enormous range of potential applications in the fields of...

Table of Contents:

• Management in the workplace
•  Health protection
•  Part B: Experimental toxicology of nanoparticles and their impact on the environment
•  surface reactivity of manufactured nanoparticles
•  nanoparticle transfer
•  ecotoxicology: reactivity in living systems
•  toxicological models
•  life cycle models
•  nanoethics
•  nano-ethics: challenges and opportunities
•  philosophical guidelines for the responsible use of nanotechnology
•  ethics and regulation
•  the situation in france
•  the situation in europe and the rest of the world
•  nanotechnology and the law
•  social issues
•  labour relations
•  risk perception
•  robotics, ethics, and nanotechnology
•  ethics and industrial production.