Nanoscience and nanotechnology : environmental and health impacts / edited by Vicki H. Grassian.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nanomaterials and the environment / Mai A. Ngo [and others] -- Assessing the life cycle environmental implications of nanomanufacturing : opportunities and challenges / Vikas Khanna [and others] -- Integrated approach toward understanding the environmental fate, transport, toxicity, and health hazards of nanomaterials / John M. Pettibone, Sherrie Elzey and Vicki H. Grassian -- Properties of commercial nanoparticles that affect their removal during water treatment / Paul Westerhoff [and others] -- Transport and retention of nanomaterials in porous media / Kurt D. Pennell, Jed Costanza and Yonggang Wang -- Transport of nanomaterials in unsaturated porous media / Lixia Chen and Tohren C.G. Kibbey -- Surface oxides on carbon nanotubes (CNTs : effects on CNT stability and sorption properties in aquatic environments / Howard Fairbrother [and others] -- Chemical and photochemical reactivity of fullerenes in the aqueous phase / John D. Fortner [and others] -- Bacterial interactions with CdSe quantum dots and environmental implications / Jay L. Nadeau [and others] -- Potential toxicity of fullerenes and molecular modeling of their transport across lipid membranes / Dmitry I. Kopelevich [and others] -- In vitro models for nanoparticle toxicology / John M. Veranth -- Biological activity of mineral fibers and carbon particulates : implications for nanoparticle toxicity and the role of surface chemistry / Prabir K. Dutta [and others] -- Growth and some enzymatic responses of E. coli to photocatalytic TiO₂ / Ayca Erdem, Dan Cha and Chin Pao Huang -- Bioavailability, trophic transfer, and toxicity of manufactured metal and metal oxide nanoparticles in terrestrial environments / Jason Unrine, Paul Bertsch and Simona Hunyadi -- Health effects of inhaled engineered nanoscale materials / Amy K. Madl and Kent E. Pinkerton -- Neurotoxicity of manufactured nanoparticles / Jaime M. Hatcher [and others] -- Occupational health hazards of nanoparticles / Patrick T. O'Shaughnessy.

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This comprehensive book covers various aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology and what is known about the potential environmental and health impacts. Divided into three main sections, the book addresses the toxicity of nanomaterials, fate and transport of nanomaterials in the environment, and occupational health aspects of nanotechonology.