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NanoSafetyCluster - Compendium 2012<br />

28 Technical University <strong>of</strong> Denmark (DTU) Denmark University<br />

29 ACCIONA (ACC) Spain Industry<br />

30 Venice Research Consortium (CVR) Italy Research Organisation<br />

31 The REACH Centre Ltd (TRC) United Kingdom SME<br />

32 Karolinska Institute (KTH) Sweden University<br />

33 National Center for Nanoscience <strong>and</strong> Technology, Chinese<br />

Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences (NCNT)<br />

China Research Organisation<br />

34 Institute <strong>of</strong> Biochemistry, Russian Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences<br />

(INBI)<br />

Russia University<br />

35 University <strong>of</strong> Parma (UP) Italy University<br />

36 Tor Vergata University Roma 2 (TVUR) Italy University<br />

37 Edinburgh Napier University (Napier) United Kingdom University<br />

38 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) Germany University<br />

39 University <strong>of</strong> Plymouth (UoP) United Kingdom University<br />

40 The Food <strong>and</strong> Environment Research Agency (FERA) United Kingdom Research Organisation<br />

41 University <strong>of</strong> Birmingham (BHAM) United Kingdom University<br />

42 University <strong>of</strong> Tübingen Germany University<br />

43 N<strong>of</strong>er Institute <strong>of</strong> Occupational Medicine (NIOM) Pol<strong>and</strong> Research Organisation<br />

44 Institut universitaire rom<strong>and</strong> de Santé au Travail (IST) Switzerl<strong>and</strong> Research Organisation<br />

45 NANOCYL sa (Ncyl) Belgium SME<br />

46 National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) Japan Research Organisation<br />

47 Heriot Watt University (HWU) UK University<br />

Contents<br />

1 Concept ....................................................................................... 66<br />

2 Objectives ................................................................................... 67<br />

3 The MARINA approach .............................................................. 67<br />

4 Progress beyond the state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art ........................................ 68<br />

4.1 The state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art ................................................................. 68<br />

1 Concept<br />

Nanotechnology is recognised as one <strong>of</strong> the most important new<br />

technologies <strong>of</strong> the 21 st century. The global investment in<br />

nanotechnology from all public sources for 2008 exceeds $7<br />

billion 1 .<br />

The market size for nanotechnology is expected to grow to over $3<br />

trillion by 2015 2 <strong>and</strong> nanotechnology promises new materials for<br />

industrial applications by having new or enhanced physicochemical<br />

properties that are different in comparison to their<br />

micron-sized counterparts. However, as in all industrial<br />

applications, the potential exposure <strong>of</strong> humans <strong>and</strong> the<br />

4.2 Beyond the state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art .................................................... 69<br />

5 Impact .......................................................................................... 71<br />

6 References .................................................................................. 73<br />

7 Copyright .................................................................................... 74<br />

environment to these materials is inevitable. As these new<br />

materials go through their life-cycle – from development, to<br />

manufacture, to consumer usage, to final disposal – different<br />

human groups (workers, byst<strong>and</strong>ers, users) environmental<br />

compartments, (air, soil, sediment, water), <strong>and</strong> species (e.g. worm,<br />

fish or human through secondary exposure), will be exposed to<br />

them. Emerging data show a range <strong>of</strong> toxic (hazardous) effects<br />

from engineered nanoparticles, suggesting that any exposure will<br />

result in a risk to human health or the environment, risk being the<br />

product <strong>of</strong> exposure <strong>and</strong> hazard... While st<strong>and</strong>ard methods exist<br />

66 Compendium <strong>of</strong> Projects in the European NanoSafety Cluster

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