Nanosciences and Nanotechnology

Nanotoxicity

Two decades of Nano toxicology research has shown that the interactions between nanomaterial’s and cells, animals, humans and the environment are remarkably complex. Researchers are still trying to understand in detail how the physical, chemical and other properties of nanomaterial’s influence these interactions, and thus determine the ultimate impact of nanomaterial’s on health and the environment. And as new nanomaterials are developed, and animal testing is reduced, computational methods are becoming increasingly important for prioritizing safety studies. There is also an on-going debate about the regulation of nanomaterials. Nature Nanotechnology has published articles on all these topics and this web focus on Nano toxicology contains links to all of them.