Promise or Peril: Nanotechnology and the Environment

by: Amy R. Taylor, Bethany P. Broadwell, M. Gail Jones, and Michael R. Falvo

Nanoscience research has made great strides in recent years in areas such as nanomaterials and drug delivery. This success has kindled hope for exciting technological breakthroughs in the near future in areas ranging from new cures for cancer therapies to new materials that gobble up toxic waste in the environment. The nanosized particles utilized in these proposed technologies products have beneficial results, but at what cost? Do we really know the effect these particles have on our environment or even our health?

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 1/1/2007Stock # PB210X_20

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