Environmental and Health Safety Considerations of Nanotechnology: Nano Safety
Journal Title: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) - Year 2018, Vol 19, Issue 4
Abstract
Nanotechnologies are being spoken of as the driving force behind the new industrial rev-olution. The mass production of these nano materials and their applications mean a dramatic increase of workers dealing with Engineered Nano Materials ENM and becoming possibly ex-posed to resulting hazardous effects and increased environmental burden of the environment due to the leaks of these materials from industrial processes. It is hence essential to consider the importance of ENM safety and their new applications and understand that, it is important for these materials and products to be safe to enable successful promotion of nanotechnology for useful applications. The aim of this article is to review the impact of the ENM on both hu-man and environment. Also, the risk and the risk assessment of the ENM we deal with. The term nanotechnology describes a range of technologies performed on a nanometer scale with widespread applications in-cluding the production and application of physical, chemical, and biological systems at scales ranging from individual atoms or mol-ecules to around 100 nanometers. A nanometer is one billionth of a meter, which is near-atomic scale [1-2]. Nanotechnology is an empowering innovation that can possibly bring advantages to different zones of research and applications and to improve our lives in numerous ways.
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Eman M Osman
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