2016
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2016.1241413
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Managing the unknown – Addressing the potential health risks of nanomaterials in the built environment

Abstract: Nanomaterials offer significant potential for high performing new products in the built environment and elsewhere. However, there are uncertainties regarding their potential adverse health effects and the extent to which they are currently used. A desk study and interviews with those working across the construction, demolition and product manufacture sectors (n=59) identified the current state of knowledge regarding nanomaterial use within the built environment. Some nanomaterials are potentially toxic, partic… Show more

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“…More specifically, there has been an increase in the number of papers that review the health and safety considerations related to the use of nanomaterials in the construction industry during their whole life cycle [205,206]. The main reasons for their toxicity lie in their reduced size and high reactivity.…”
Section: Health Impact Of Nanomaterialsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…More specifically, there has been an increase in the number of papers that review the health and safety considerations related to the use of nanomaterials in the construction industry during their whole life cycle [205,206]. The main reasons for their toxicity lie in their reduced size and high reactivity.…”
Section: Health Impact Of Nanomaterialsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ecological (and therefore microbiome) change begins once new structures are constructed and indoor surfaces and systems decontaminated [ 46 48 ]. Materials and compounds used for construction and decontamination therefore shape the microbial constituents of the built environment where humans live and work [ 49 51 ]. Advances in high-throughput sequencing technologies now allow culture-independent insight into the microbial constituents of the indoor and outdoor environment revealing the vast diversity of microorganisms and an understanding of microbial ecology within an increasingly ‘engineered’ and urbanised world [ 52 , 53 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…NMs are being increasingly used in many fields relevant to the built environment. In this light, while such materials offer benefits including reduced vibration through self-compacting concretes and improved energy efficiency from thermally insulated windows, there is a general lack of appreciation of the influence that such NMs have upon the built environment and the occupant’s microbiota with potential public health consequences [ 49 , 70 ]. Use of nanosilver coating for its anti-microbial properties for instance risks selecting out drug-resistant microbes and engineered NMs such as nanotitanium dioxide from consumer products, paints and clothing can pass through the water treatment process and are found in tap water at significant and potentially harmful concentrations [ 71 , 72 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Where products do contain nanomaterials and state this, many do not give information regarding the specific nanomaterials used or the quantity contained (Jones et al, 2015a). Safety data sheets in the UK and Europe are not required to specify the presence of nanomaterials, as they need only list substances that would be categorised as hazardous under the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP, 2009) regulations.…”
Section: 4mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The results of these tests, plus additional details relating to the potential health risks of nanomaterials are reported elsewhere (e.g. Jones et al, 2015aJones et al, , 2015b) (other papers are in progress).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%