The emerging growth of nanotechnology has attracted great attention due to its application
in the parasite and intermediate host control. However, the knowledge concerning the …

Environmental context The increased use of nanomaterials in industrial and consumer
products requires robust strategies to identify risks when they are released into the …

The increasing production and use of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) inevitably results in
their higher concentrations in the environment. This may lead to undesirable environmental …

Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) have been applied in several sectors in the environmental
field, such as aquatic nanoremediation, due to their unique superparamagnetic and …

Traditional ecotoxicological studies prove to be focused mainly on single-generation,
multigenerational research in ecotoxicological testing is needed to improve the predictive …

The increasing use of metal oxide-based nanoparticles (MNPs) and their release into the
environment cast concerns about their environmental impacts. Massive efforts have been …

Nanotechnologies have rapidly grown, and they are considered the new industrial
revolution. However, the augmented production and wide applications of engineered …

An Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) for nanomaterials (NMs) is outlined in this paper.
Contrary to other recent papers on the subject, the main data requirements, models and …

Schistosomiasis seriously affects human health in tropical regions. Its prevention is more
important than treatment, raising the need for effective control methods. Recently, the role of …

Aquatic environments, particularly sediments, can be important final sinks for engineered
nanoparticles (ENPs), with benthic biota being potentially exposed. There is an increasing …