TY - BOOK AU - Shatkin,Jo Anne TI - Nanotechnology: health and environmental risks T2 - Perspectives in nanotechnology SN - 9781420053647 (ebook : PDF) PY - 2008/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group KW - Nanotechnology KW - Risk assessment KW - Health aspects KW - Environmental aspects KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: assessing nanotechnology health and environmental risks -- Defining risk assessment and how it is used for environmental protection, and its potential role for managing nanotechnology risks -- Sustainable nanotechnology development using risk assessment and applying life cycle thinking -- The state of the science: human health, toxicology, and nano-technological risk / Brenda E. Barry -- The state of the science: environmental risks -- NANO LCRA an adaptive screening-level life cycle risk assessment framework for nanotechnology -- Alternative approaches for life cycle risk assessment for nanotechnology and comprehensive environmental assessment / Jo Anne Shatkin and J. Michael Davis -- Current and proposed approaches for managing risks in occupational environments / Brenda E. Barry -- Ongoing international efforts to address risk issues for nanotechnology; Also available in print edition; CRC Press (http://www.crcpress.com) UR - http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781420053647 ER -