Risks and ethics of nanotechnology: an overview

Title

Risks and ethics of nanotechnology: an overview

Creator

Molahalli V.; Shetty A.; Sharma A.; Bijapur K.; Soman G.; Hegde G.

Description

Environmental nanotechnology is thought to be important to current environmental engineering and scientific techniques. The biomedical, textile, aerospace, manufacturing, cosmetics, oil, defense, agricultural, and electronics industries can all benefit from the use of nanotechnology to enhance a wide range of material properties, including physical, chemical, and biological properties. However, nanotechnology-based products or nanomaterials (e.g., nanofibers, nanowires, nanocomposites, and nanofilms) may be harmful to human health. Since nanomaterials are usually manufactured using novel manufacturing techniques and have a variety of sizes, shapes, and surface energies, there can also be uncertainties in their manufacture and handling. This chapter provides a detailed account of ethical issues related to nanotechnology, particularly environmental toxicity, risk management, health risk evolution, and environmental significance of nanomaterials. In addition, environmental challenges, toxic effect of nanoparticles on the environment, ethics of nanotechnology, and social, ecological, biological, and other legal issues are highlighted. The potential of nanomaterials in environmental remediation and their use in environmental protection is also emphasized. 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Source

Nanoparticles and Plant-Microbe Interactions: An Environmental Perspective, pp. 35-68.

Date

2023-01-01

Publisher

Elsevier

Subject

Environmental ethics; Nanoparticles; Nanostructured materials; Sustainability; Toxicity

Coverage

Molahalli V., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, India, Centre for Advanced Research and Development (CARD), CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, India; Shetty A., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, India, Centre for Advanced Research and Development (CARD), CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, India; Sharma A., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, India, Centre for Advanced Research and Development (CARD), CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, India; Bijapur K., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, India, Centre for Advanced Research and Development (CARD), CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, India; Soman G., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, India, Centre for Advanced Research and Development (CARD), CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, India; Hegde G., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, India, Centre for Advanced Research and Development (CARD), CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Karnataka, Bangalore, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISBN: 978-032390619-7; 978-032390832-0

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Book chapter

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90619-7.00014-X

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