Background Information

EPA Nanotechnology White Paper

Nanotechnology presents opportunities to create new and better products. It also has the potential to improve assessment, management, and prevention of environmental risks. However, there are unanswered questions about the impacts of nanomaterials and nanoproducts on human health and the environment. View PDF

Balbus:

Balbus JM, Florini K, Denison RA, Walsh SA "Getting it Right the First Time:  Developing Nanotechnology While Protecting Workers, Public Health and the Environment" (Annals New York Academy of Sciences,  2006)

Balbus, JM  "Ushering in the new toxicology :  toxicogenomics and the public interest" (Environmental Health Perspectives 2005)

Maynard:
Maynard, A. D., Aitken, R. J., Butz, T., Colvin, V., Donaldson, K., Oberdörster, G., Philbert, M. A., Ryan, J., Seaton, A., Stone, V., Tinkle, S. S., Tran, L., Walker, N. J. and Warheit, D. B. (2006). Safe handling of nanotechnology. Nature 444:267-269.

Maynard, A. D., (2007) Weighing nanotechnology's risks. International Herald Tribune,  p6, March 29 2007.

Oberdörster:
Oberdörster, G., Oberdörster, E., Oberdörster, J.  Invited Review:  Nanotoxicology:  an emerging discipline evolving from studies of ultrafine particles.  Environmental Health Perspectives 113:  823-839, 2005.

Oberdörster, G., Stone, V., Donaldson, K.  Toxicology of nanoparticles:  A historical perspective.  Nanotoxicology, March, 2007; 1(1): 2-25.