Nanomaterials: health effects and legislation

The mechanisms by which nanomaterials interact with biological systems is not well understood and although the benefits of some nanomaterials are evident, some offset effects on health and the environment may occur; however, scientific information is scarce. This document gives a brief description o...

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Main Author: Hugo Ricardo Zea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2012-01-01
Series:Ingeniería e Investigación
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Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/ingeinv/article/view/28518
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spelling doaj-8e4b9944508b447da702953af164d7642020-11-25T00:49:44ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaIngeniería e Investigación0120-56092248-87232012-01-01321364125129Nanomaterials: health effects and legislationHugo Ricardo Zea0Universidad Nacional de ColombiaThe mechanisms by which nanomaterials interact with biological systems is not well understood and although the benefits of some nanomaterials are evident, some offset effects on health and the environment may occur; however, scientific information is scarce. This document gives a brief description of the effects of nanomaterials on health and the current tendencies in developing the pertinent regulations.https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/ingeinv/article/view/28518Nanomaterialshealth effectslegislation
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Nanomaterials: health effects and legislation
Ingeniería e Investigación
Nanomaterials
health effects
legislation
author_facet Hugo Ricardo Zea
author_sort Hugo Ricardo Zea
title Nanomaterials: health effects and legislation
title_short Nanomaterials: health effects and legislation
title_full Nanomaterials: health effects and legislation
title_fullStr Nanomaterials: health effects and legislation
title_full_unstemmed Nanomaterials: health effects and legislation
title_sort nanomaterials: health effects and legislation
publisher Universidad Nacional de Colombia
series Ingeniería e Investigación
issn 0120-5609
2248-8723
publishDate 2012-01-01
description The mechanisms by which nanomaterials interact with biological systems is not well understood and although the benefits of some nanomaterials are evident, some offset effects on health and the environment may occur; however, scientific information is scarce. This document gives a brief description of the effects of nanomaterials on health and the current tendencies in developing the pertinent regulations.
topic Nanomaterials
health effects
legislation
url https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/ingeinv/article/view/28518
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