Research on environmental safety of engineered nanomaterials

Abstract

Nanomaterials are now widely used in various industries due to their unique properties. However, this presence of nanomaterials in the environment raises possible serious toxicity problems for humans. The article considers the consolidation of new methods and results of impact assessment within this broad category of materials, future directions of research. Establishing consensus methods for characterizing each individual ENM is critical to use, pooling data to understand the risks associated with them, and developing useful occupational exposure limits. In this regard, the possibility of more radical alternative constitutions for social and technical security seems to be severely limited by the current ideology of innovation and the economic imperatives of a global knowledge-based capitalist economy.