Biotechnology and nanotechnology risk assessment : minding and managing the potential threats around us /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	American Chemical Society. Division of Agrochemicals
Other Authors:	Ripp, Steven, Henry, Theodore B.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, ©2011.
Series:	ACS symposium series ; 1079
Subjects:	Biotechnology. Nanotechnology. Risk assessment. Biotechnology Nanotechnology Risk Assessment Biotechnologie. Évaluation du risque. Nanotechnologie. bioengineering. risk assessment. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > General. Risk assessment Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Understanding and coping with social risk in emerging technology risk assessment / Paul B. Thompson, Ph. D.
2. Case study of an emergent nanotechnology: identifying environmental risks from silver nanotechnology through an expert elicitation methodology / Emma Fauss, Michael Gorman, and Nathan Swami
3. Environmental application and risks of nanotechnology: a balanced view / Jie Zhuang and Randall W. Gentry
4. Environmental fate, transport, and transformation of carbon nanoparticles / Liwen Zhang and Qingguo Huang
5. Ecotoxicity of fullerenes and carbon nanotubes: a critical review of evidence for nano-size effects / Elijah J. Petersen and Theodore B. Henry
6. Nanotoxicology in the microbial world / Steven Ripp
7. Methodologies for toxicity monitoring and nanotechnology risk assessment / Silvana Andreescu, Mihaela Gheorghiu, R?fat Emrah Özel, and Kenneth N. Wallace.