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Ecological Drawbacks of Nanomaterials Produced on an Industrial Scale: Collateral Effect on Human and Environmental Health

Hermes Pérez‐Hernández, Andrea Yakelín Pérez-Moreno, C. R. Sarabia-Castillo, Selvia García-Mayagoitia, Gabriela Medina‐Pérez, Fernando López-Valdez, Rafael G. Campos–Montiel, P. Jayanta-Kumar, F. Fernández-Luqueño

Water Air & Soil Pollution · 2021

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Summary

Currently, hundreds of different nanomaterials with a broad application in products that make daily lives a little bit easier, in every aspect, are being produced on an industrial scale at thousands of tons per year. However, several scientists, researchers, politics, and ordinary citizens have stated their concern regarding the life cycle, collateral effects, and final disposal of these cutting-edge materials. This review summarizes, describes, and discusses all manuscripts published in the Journal Citation Reports during the last 10 years, which studied the toxicity or the effects of nanomaterials on human and environmental health. It was observed that 23.62% of the manuscripts analyzed found no ecological or human risks; 54.39% showed that several nanomaterials have toxicological effect

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1007/s11270-021-05370-2
Catalogue ID
SNmoh395bd-37adiy
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