Risk
Assessment
EMERGNANO: A review of completed and near completed environment, health and safety research on nanomaterials and nanotechnology, March 2009.
- There are potential risks to health and the environment from the manufacture
and use of nanoparticles;
- There is a lack of knowledge about what these risks are and how to deal with
them;
- As more processes and products containing nanoparticles are developed, the potential
for exposure of people and the environment will increase;
- More information about the toxicity, exposure and risk is required;
- All of the stakeholders (regulators, companies) need to start to address these
risks now.