Nanoparticles, human health hazard and regulation

A Seaton, L Tran, R Aitken… - Journal of the Royal …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
New developments in technology usually entail some hazard as well as advantage to a
society. Hazard of a material translates into risk by exposure of humans and/or their …

A new approach for the in vitro identification of the cytotoxicity of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles

M Mahmoudi, A Simchi, M Imani, MA Shokrgozar… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2010 - Elsevier
Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) are increasingly used in medical
applications, such as targeting delivery and imaging. In the future, patients are more likely to …

Toxicological characteristics of nanoparticulate anatase titanium dioxide in mice

Y Duan, J Liu, L Ma, N Li, H Liu, J Wang, L Zheng… - Biomaterials, 2010 - Elsevier
In an effort to examine liver injury, immune response, and other physiological effects in mice
caused by intragastric administration of nanoparticulate anatase titanium dioxide (5nm), we …

Emissions of particulate trace elements, metals and organic species from gasoline, diesel, and biodiesel passenger vehicles and their relation to oxidative potential

KL Cheung, L Ntziachristos, T Tzamkiozis… - Aerosol Science and …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Three light-duty passenger vehicles were tested in five configurations in a chassis
dynamometer study to determine the chemical and oxidative potential of the particulate …

NMR-based metabonomic study of the sub-acute toxicity of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in rats after oral administration

Q Bu, G Yan, P Deng, F Peng, H Lin, Y Xu… - …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
As titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO 2 NPs) are widely used commercially, their potential
toxicity on human health has attracted particular attention. In the present study, the oral …

Baseline repeated measures from controlled human exposure studies: associations between ambient air pollution exposure and the systemic inflammatory …

AMS Thompson, A Zanobetti, F Silverman… - Environmental …, 2010 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Introduction Systemic inflammation may be one of the mechanisms mediating the
association between ambient air pollution and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality …

Concentration response functions for ultrafine particles and all-cause mortality and hospital admissions: results of a European expert panel elicitation

G Hoek, H Boogaard, A Knol, J De Hartog… - … science & technology, 2010 - ACS Publications
Toxicological studies have provided evidence of the toxicity of ultrafine particles (UFP), but
epidemiological evidence for health effects of ultrafines is limited. No quantitative summary …

A Brief Survey of the Potential Health Risks of TiO2 Particles and TiO2- Containing Photocatalytic or Non-Photocatalytic Materials

P Pichat - Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies, 2010 - degruyter.com
In the past, TiO2 particles have been considered non-toxic because of both their chemical
inertness and the conclusions of epidemiological studies dealing with μm-sized particles …

Studying associations between urinary metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and cardiovascular diseases in the United States

X Xu, RL Cook, VA Ilacqua, H Kan, EO Talbott… - Science of the total …, 2010 - Elsevier
The association between background, enduring environmental exposure to polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and cardiovascular diseases has not been well studied in …

Air pollution, obesity, genes and cellular adhesion molecules

J Madrigano, A Baccarelli, RO Wright, H Suh… - Occupational and …, 2010 - oem.bmj.com
Objectives Particulate matter has been associated with acute cardiovascular outcomes, but
our understanding of the mechanism is incomplete. We examined the association between …