Nanotechnology Health and Environmental Concerns

−     Human and the environment come under exposure to nanomaterials at different stages of the product cycle −     Nanomaterials have large surface to volume ratio and novel physical as well as chemical properties which may cause them to pose hazards to humans and the environment −     Health and the environmental impacts associated with the exposure to many of the engineered nanomaterials are still uncertain −     The environmental fate and associated risk of waste nanomaterials should be assessed – e.g. toxic transformation, and interactions with organic and inorganic materials