The importance of life cycle concepts for the development of safe nanoproducts

Toxicology

Volumn 269, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 160-169

  Som, Claudia ^a   Berges, Markus ^b   Chaudhry, Qasim ^c   Dusinska, Maria ^d   Fernandes, Teresa F ^e   Olsen, Stig I ^f   Nowack, Bernd ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b BGIA   (Germany)

^c CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Engineered nanomaterials; Engineered nanoparticles; Environment, health and safety (EHS); Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle concepts; Sustainable and responsible innovation

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTAMINATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NANOENGINEERING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTOXICOLOGY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77949913791     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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