articleNanoscale AdvancesJan 1, 2024GOLD OA

Safe nanomaterials: from their use, application, and disposal to regulations

Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí · Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación

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Abstract

Nanomaterials are structures with a wide range of applications in the medical, pharmaceutical, food, textile, and electronic industries, reaching more customers worldwide. As a relatively new technological field, the information about the associated risk of nanomaterials in environmental and human health must be addressed and consolidated to develop accurate legislations, frameworks, and guidelines to standardise their use in any field. This review aims to display and context the global applications of nanomaterials, their final disposal, as well as the perspective of the current efforts formulated by various countries (including Mexico and Latin American countries), international official departments and…

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Keywords
  • Human health
  • Risk analysis (engineering)
  • Field (mathematics)
  • Nanomaterials
  • Engineering
  • Environmental planning
  • Business
  • Nanotechnology
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Responsible consumption and production
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