Nanomaterials : risks and benefits

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Part 1. Human Health Risks.- Human Health Risks of Engineered Nanomaterials: Critical Knowledge Gaps in Nanomaterials Risk Assessment; A. Elder et al.- Disposition of Nanoparticles as a Function of their Interactions with Biomolecules; I. Lynch, A. Elder.- Assessment of Quantum Dot Penetration into Skin in Different Species under Different Mechanical Actions; N.A. Monteiro-Riviere, L.W. Zhang.- Nanotechnology -- the Occupational Health and Safety Concerns; S. Chan-Remillard et al.- Biomarkers of Nanoparticles Impact on Biological Systems; V. Mikhailenko et al.- Nanocontamination of the Soldiers in a Battle Space; A.M. Gatti, S. Montanari.- Part 2. Environmental Risk.- SMARTEN: Strategic Management and Assessment of Risks and Toxicity of Engineered Nanomaterials; C. Metcalfe et al.- Solid-Phase Characteristics of Engineered Nanoparticles: A Multi-Dimensional Approach; M.A. Chappell.- Nanomaterial Transport, Transformation, and Fate in the Environment: A Risk-based Perspective on Research Needs; G.V. Lowry, E.A. Casman.- Visualization and Transport of Quantum Dot Nanomaterials in Porous Media; C.J. G. Darnault et al.- Developing an Ecological Risk Framework to Assess Environmental Safety of Nanoscale Products: Ecological Risk Framework; L. Kapustka et al.- Development of a Three-Level Risk Assessment Strategy for Nanomaterials; N.O'Brien, E. Cummins.- Classifying Nanomaterial Risks Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis; I. Linkov et al.- Part 3. Technology and Benefits.- Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology: Applications, Consumer Products, and Benefits; G. Adlakha-Hutcheon et al.- Risk Reduction via Greener Synthesis of Noble Metal Nanostructures and Nanocomposites; M.N. Nadagouda, R.S. Varna.- Remediation of Contaminated Groundwater Using Nano-Carbon Colloids; R.R. Khaydarov et al.- A Novel Size-Selective Airborne Particle Sampling Instrument (WRAS) for Health Risk Evaluation; H. Gnewuch et al.- Nanotechnologies and Environmental Risks: Measurement Technologies and Strategies; T.A.J. Kuhlbusch et al.- Part 4. International Perspectives.- Processing of Polymer Nanofibers through Electrospinning as Drug Delivery Systems; E. Kenawy et al.- Air Pollution Monitoring and Use of Nanotechnology Based Solid State Gas Sensors in Greater Cairo Area, Egypt; A.B.A. Ramadan.- Advanced Material Nanotechnology in Israel; O. Figovsky et al.- Silver Nanoparticles: Environmental and Human Health Impacts; R.R. Khaydarov et al.- Developing Strategies in Brazil to Manage the Emerging Nanotechnology and its Associated Risks; A.S.A. Arcuri et al.- The Current State-of-the-Art in the Area of Nanotechnology Risk Assessment in Russia; M. Melkonyan, S. Kozyrev.- Environmental Risk Assessment of Nanomaterials; A.A. Bayramov.- Part 5. Policy and Regulatory Aspects.- Considerations for Implementation of Manufactured Nanomaterial Policy and Governance; F.K. Satterstrom et al.- The Safety of Nanotechnologies at the OECD; P. Kearns et al.- Nanomaterials in Consumer Products: Categorization and Exposure Assessment; S. Foss Hansen et al.- Strategic Approaches for the Management of Environmental Risk Uncertainties Posed by Nanomaterials; S. Shalhevet, N. Haruvy.- Nanomaterials: Applications, Risks, Ethics and Society; A. Vaseashta.- Group Decision-Making in Selecting Nanotechnology Supplier: AHP Application in Presence of Complete and Incomplete Information; B. Srdjevic et al.- Uncertainty in Life Cycle Assessment of Nanomaterials: Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Framework for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes in Power Applications; T.P. Seager, I. Linkov.- Knowing Much While Knowing Nothing: Perception and Misperception about Nanomaterials; J.M. Palma-Oliveira et al.- List of Participants.- Author Index.-