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The Potential Adverse Health and Environmental Effects of Nanoparticles

A new study raises the possibility that flies and other insects that encounter nanomaterial "hot spots," or spills, near manufacturing facilities in the future could pick up and transport nanoparticles on their bodies, transferring the particles to other flies or habitats in the environment.

5 Aug 2009

New Effort to Monitor Effects of Nanomaterials on the Environment

Edmonton-University of Alberta biological sciences professor Gregg Goss is on the front line of a new effort to monitor the effects of nanomaterials on the environment.

8 Jul 2009

New Review Article Focuses on the Use of Nanomaterials for Environmental Cleanup

A new review article appearing in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) co-authored by Dr. Todd Kuiken, a research associate for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN), focuses on the use of nanomaterials for environmental cleanup.

8 Jul 2009

Three-Year Study to Assess Potential Effects of Nanoparticles in Specific Water Environments

A team of Canadian scientists and engineers, led by the University of Alberta and the National Research Council of Canada, will collaborate on a $3.39 million, three-year study to assess the potential effects of nanopart...

6 Jul 2009

How Nanoparticle Toxicity Affects the Health and Environment of Europeans

How nanoparticle toxicity (i.e. nanotoxicology) affects the health and environment of Europeans is a concern that many researchers are currently investigating. Rising to the challenge is the NHECD ('Nano health-envir...

3 Jul 2009

Clemson Scientist Awarded Grants to Study Impact of Nanoparticles on the Environment

Clemson scientist Stephen Klaine has been awarded two $400,000 EPA grants to study a subject that did not exist a decade ago. Klaine is part of the young field of nano-ecotoxicology: the investigation of the impact that nanoparticles have on the environment.

2 Jul 2009

Abraxis Offering New Treatment Option for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABII), an integrated biotechnology company, today announced the listing of ABRAXANE® for Injectable Suspension (paclitaxel protein-bound particles for injectable suspension) (albumin-...

29 Jun 2009

EPA Promulgates Further SNUR on Nanomaterials

EPA is promulgating further significant new use rules (SNUR) under section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 23 chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs).

26 Jun 2009

Nanotechnology Expert Awarded Prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize

For Professor Chad Mirkin, good things come in small packages - specifically one billionth of a meter in size. Yet, as director of Northwestern University's International Institute for Nanotechnology, the impact of Mirkin's work is anything but small.

24 Jun 2009

Research and Markets Announces the Availability of Nanocatalysts Report

Research and Markets, leading source for international market research and market data, has announced the addition of Frost + Sullivan's new report "Nanocatalysts--Application Impact Analysis (Technical Insights...

From Research and Markets 24 Jun 2009