Nanotechnology Safety

The second edition of Nanotechnology Safety outlines the safety, regulatory, and environmental issues related to nanotechnology per industry, offering guidelines for risk assessment and discussion of the legal and social-economic issues related to nanotechnology. This book serves as a guide to implementing nanotechnology in compliance with the current safety regulations. This revised edition is updated and provides full details of the latest advances in nanomaterials and nanotechnology, including their industrial applications, toxicity levels, and protection systems.Nanotechnology Safety remains an indispensable resource for academia and industries, offering updates on recent processes and nanosystems, the latest information about nanomanufacturing and their products for various industries, and information about legislative policies of nanomaterials, waste stream classifications, safety goals, processing facilities, and market developments for new products. The book provides researchers, academics, students, and policymakers with information for research into and the manufacturing of nanomaterials. - Offers updates on most recent advances, featuring new toxicity studies of nanomaterials, their impact in many industries, and providing future trends in nanomaterials and nanosafety and their emerging role in society - Discusses the fundamentals, ethics, and regulatory and environmental issues of nanosafety and how they shape the emerging industry and markets - Includes extensive lists of glossary terms, terminologies, and concepts needed for Material Data Safety Sheets - Discusses the relevance of nanosafety, including the "Homeland Security and Infrastructure Industries." Includes nanotechnology risk assessment and delineates and quantifies the risk assessment of nanotechnology safety - Outlines the legal and intellectual property ramifications of nanotechnology and its impact on productivity and society