Assessing health & environmental risks of nanoparticles

01 June 2015

The existing models and techniques used to assess the risks of nanoparticles and nanomaterials are not yet sufficiently tuned to determine how harmful they are to people and the environment. There are indications that some nanoparticles exhibit harmful properties, but exactly why this is true of these particular particles is unknown, and it certainly does not apply to all nanoparticles and nanomaterials.
These are the main conclusions of an overview produced by the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) of the scientific knowledge of risk assessments of nanoparticles and nanomaterials and their applications (RIVM website, 8 April 2015).
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