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ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS

Inching closer to realistic exposure models

Nature Nanotechnology volume 13, pages 983–985 (2018)Cite this article

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Engineered nanomaterials are often highly reactive and readily transform to new species. New modelling capabilities incorporate these transformations into estimates of environmental exposure concentrations and associated risks more accurately.

Nanotechnology is providing industrial and consumer products with desirable functional properties such as greater strength, reactivity and durability. However, increasing use of these new materials in consumer products requires close examination of their environmental fate and persistence, and the potential for undesirable effects on natural or engineered systems1.

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Fig. 1: Engineered nanomaterials often transform during the use of the products containing them.

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Lowry, G.V. Inching closer to realistic exposure models. Nature Nanotech 13, 983–985 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-018-0299-4

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