New report on Environmental, Health and Safety related to Nanomaterials
26 January 2012Engineered nanomaterials are being used for various applications and it was always felt to understand the environmental, health and safety related aspects of these materials in details before these are brought in practice. Recently National Research Council (NRC) has published a report where it is focused to address the strategic approach to develop research to address these issues.
If we look into the nanomaterials or we better call these as engineered nanomaterials, these are the materials that have been created on molecular level and the properties of these nanomaterials differ from the bulk of the materials. These are at present not only used in skin care and cosmetics but many of the nanomaterials are being designed for medical use especially for treating many diseases.
A lot of research is going on throughout the world and we may see a large number of nanomaterials come in use for multiple applications for the coming years and therefore the research committee has identified only four areas which need to be addressed in the next five years.
These four categories include the identification and quantification of nanomaterials that are released and are exposed to population and environment, understanding the process that affect both exposure and potential hazard, examining the nanomaterial interaction ranging from subcellular to eco system especially in complex systems and support and adapt the knowledge infrastructure and research so that progress is accelerated and rapid feedback on the advanced system is provided.
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