The rapid proliferation of many different engineered nanomaterials (defined as materials
designed and produced to have structural features with at least one dimension of 100 …

Nanotechnology has the potential to dramatically improve the effectiveness of a number of
existing consumer and industrial products and could have a substantial impact on the …

This article summarizes a roundtable discussion held at the 2005 Society of Toxicology
Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. The purpose of the roundtable was to review the …

For the very few people who may not have an understanding of nanotechnology, here is a
quick overview. Nanotechnology is an emerging multidisciplinary technology that involves …

Over the past 5 years we have seen an increase in the attention focused on the assessment
of the potential health risk posed by nanoscale materials. The diversity of these materials …

To properly assign mechanisms or causes for toxic effects of nanoscale materials, their
properties and characteristics both outside and within the biological environment must be …

The US National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) defines nanotechnology as “the
understanding and control of matter at dimensions between approximately 1 and 100 nm …

As reports on the safety of various nanomaterials have yielded conflicting results,
assessment of the reliability of each study is required to objectively interpret overall safety of …

In this report we present the findings from a nanotoxicology workshop held 6–7 April 2006 at
the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. Over 2 days, 26 …

Nanotechnology applications already on the market or in development promise great
benefits for humans as well as the environment. Simultaneously, the pressure to advance …