Nanotechnology and in situ remediation: A review of the benefits and potential risks

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1823-1831

  Karn, Barbara ^a   Kuiken, Todd ^b   Otto, Martha ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental implications; Environmental technology; Hazardous wastes; Nanoremediation; Nanotechnology; Pollutants; Remediation; Toxicity; Waste sites; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; IRON;

CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; METHODOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; IRON; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 75349110609     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900793     Document Type: Review

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