Life-cycle assessment of engineered nanomaterials: a literature review of assessment status

Miseljic, Mirko; Olsen, Stig Irving

doi:10.1007/s11051-014-2427-x

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“…LCA has been proposed and adopted as essential tool to analyse, evaluate, understand and manage the environmental and health effects of the ENMs (Hischier, 2014). Despite all, the LCA studies often do not cover the complete life cycle of ENMs (Hischier and Walser, 2012;Gavankar et al 2012;Miseljic and Olsen, 2014). Hence, most of the studies are cradleto-gate and the environmental impacts primarily reflect the energy and material flows for the extraction of raw materials and manufacturing phases, whereas the environmental impacts related to the release of ENPs into the environment are rarely assessed.…”

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confidence: 99%

Freshwater ecotoxicity characterisation factor for metal oxide nanoparticles: A case study on titanium dioxide nanoparticle

Salieri

Righi

Pasteris

et al. 2015

Science of The Total Environment

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Freshwater ecotoxicity characterisation factor for metal oxide nanoparticles: A case study on titanium dioxide nanoparticle

Salieri

Righi

Pasteris

et al. 2015

Science of The Total Environment

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“…Some toxicological studies have reported that the nanomaterials can be cytotoxic [387][388][389][390][391][392], genotoxic [391,[393][394][395][396][397][398][399], bactericidal [400][401][402][403][404], neurotoxic [405][406][407][408][409] and ecotoxic [410][411][412][413][414].…”

Section: Nanoecotoxicology Health Risks and Regulationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Application Of Nanotechnology In Agriculture And Food Industry, Its Prospects And Risks

Jampílek

Kráľová

2015

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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Nanoagrochemicals, such as nanopesticides, nanofertilizers or plant growth stimulating nanosystems, were primarily designed to increase solubility, enhance bioavailability, targeted delivery, controlled release and/or protection against degradation resulting in the reduced amount of applied active ingredients and finally in a decrease of dose-dependent toxicity/burden. This paper is a comprehensive up-to-date review related to the preparation and the biological activity of nanoformulations enabling gradual release of active ingredient into weeds and the body of pests and controlled release of nutrients to plants. The attention is also devoted to the decrease of direct environmental burden and economic benefits due to application of nanoformulations, where less amount of active ingredient is needed to achieve the same biological effect in comparison with bulk. The application of nanotechnology in the areas such as food packaging, food security, encapsulation of nutrients and development of new functional products is analysed. The use of nanoparticles in biosensors for detection of pathogens and contaminants as well as in DNA and gene delivery is discussed as well. Benefits and health risks of nanoagrochemicals are highlighted, and special attention is given to nanoecotoxicology and guidelines and regulatory documents related to the use of nanoformulations in agriculture and food industry.

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“…Hischier et al [12] investigated numerous review articles about the use of LCA in the nanotechnology field [13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. A key and open issue addressed in these reviews is the human toxicity and ecotoxicity characterization factors (CFs) for nanomaterials [12].…”

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Assessment of Environmental Performance of TiO2 Nanoparticles Coated Self-Cleaning Float Glass

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Abstract:In recent years, superhydrophilic and photocatalytic self-cleaning nanocoatings have been widely used in the easy-to-clean surfaces field. In the building sector, self-cleaning glass was one of the first nanocoating applications. These products are based on the photocatalytic property of a thin layer of titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) nanoparticles deposited on the surface of any kind of common glass. When exposed to UV radiation, TiO 2 nanoparticles react with the oxygen and water molecules adsorbed on their surface to produce radicals leading to oxidative species. These species are able to reduce or even eliminate airborne pollutants and organic substances deposited on the material's surface. To date, TiO 2 nanoparticles' benefits have been substantiated; however, their ecological and human health risks are still under analysis. The present work studies the ecodesign of the industrial scale-up of TiO 2 nanoparticles self-cleaning coated float glass production performed by the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology and applies new human toxicity indicators to the impact assessment stage. Production, particularly the TiO 2 nanoparticle application, is the life cycle phase most contributing to the total damage. According to the ecodesign approach, the production choices carried out have exacerbated environmental burdens.

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Life-cycle assessment of engineered nanomaterials: a literature review of assessment status

Cited by 87 publications

References 114 publications

Freshwater ecotoxicity characterisation factor for metal oxide nanoparticles: A case study on titanium dioxide nanoparticle

Freshwater ecotoxicity characterisation factor for metal oxide nanoparticles: A case study on titanium dioxide nanoparticle

Application Of Nanotechnology In Agriculture And Food Industry, Its Prospects And Risks

Assessment of Environmental Performance of TiO2 Nanoparticles Coated Self-Cleaning Float Glass

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