Assessing Nanoparticle Risks to Human Health

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4377-7863-2
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 297 Seiten, Format (B × H): 197 mm x 256 mm, Gewicht: 670 g

Reihe: Micro & Nano Technologies

The book will take a systematic look at nanoparticle risks within the paradigm of risk assessment, consider the limitations of this paradigm in dealing with the extreme uncertainties regarding many aspects of nanoparticle exposure and toxicity, and suggest new methods for assessing and managing risks in this context. It will consider the occupational environment where the potential for human exposure is the greatest as well as the issues relevant to occupational exposure assessment (e.g., the exposure metric) and the evidence from toxicological and epidemiological studies.
A chapter will be devoted to how conventional risk assessment can be carried out for a candidate nanoparticle (e.g., carbon nanotubes), and the limitations that arise from this approach. We will propose several alternate methods in another chapter including screening assessments and adapting the rich methodological literature on the use of experts for risk assessment. Another chapter will deal with non-occupational populations, their susceptibilities, and life-cycle risk assessments. There will be a chapter on current risk management and regulatory oversight frameworks and their adequacy. This chapter will also include a discussion of U.S. and E.U. approaches to risk assessment, as well as corporate approaches.

Zielgruppe

<p>practitioners of risk assessment in corporate and regulatory sectors who are in the position of making decisions about nanoparticle risks in the absence of definitive evidence of their health risks</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ramachandran, Gurumurthy

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Umweltmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin, Tropenmedizin, Sportmedizin Arbeitsmedizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Umweltmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin, Tropenmedizin, Sportmedizin Umweltmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction2. Assessing Exposures to Nanoparticles in the Occupational Environment3. Nanotoxicology and human health effects of Nanoparticles4. Risk Assessment Case Study for Example Engineered Nanoparticles5. Using Expert Judgment for Risk Assessment6. Non-Occupational Population Risks and their Management7. Oversight and Regulation of Risks

Über Autor(innen)

Ramachandran, Gurumurthy
Gurumurthy Ramachandran is a Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota, USA