8 research outputs found
The toxic influence and biodegradation of carbon nanofibers in freshwater invertebrates of the families Gammaridae, Ephemerellidae, and Chironomidae
A study of oxidative stress induced by two polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis
Antiaflatoxigenic effect of fullerene C60 nanoparticles at environmentally plausible concentrations
Measurement-device-independent quantum secret sharing and quantum conference based on Gaussian cluster state
Air Quality in Operating Theatres: The Effect of Waste Anaesthetics on Personnel and Exposure Prevention Measures
Testing Nanotoxicity: An Update of New and Traditional Methods
The exploitation of engineered nanomaterials (NMs)
in many technological fields is partly rapidly evolving
and partly well consolidated. Nanotoxicity, the
dark side of the nanotechnology revolution, became
a matter of concern since 1990. More than a decade
later, three nonconnected and acute occurrences of
toxic reactions in humans, possibly related to exposure
to NMs, were reported.
In all these cases, however, the cause\u2013effect relationship
was suggested, but not proved. While sporadic,
these adverse effects were severe enough to enhance
the alert about the safety of NMs. Currently, nanotoxicology
had already evolved into an independent
discipline and included aspects of preventive
and occupational medicine