Kühnel D, Marquardt C, Nau K, Krug H F, Paul F, Steinbach C
Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.
Institute for Applied Computer Sciences (IAI), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2017 Apr;24(12):11120-11125. doi: 10.1007/s11356-016-6217-0. Epub 2016 Feb 23.
The use of nanotechnology and advanced materials promises to revolutionise many areas of technology and improve our daily life. In that respect, many positive effects on the environment are expected, either directly, by developing new technologies for remediation, filtering techniques or energy generation, or indirectly, by e.g. saving resources due to lower consumption of raw materials, or lower energy and fuel consumption due to reduced weight of vehicles. However, such beneficial effects of new technologies are often confronted by concerns regarding the safety of novel substances or materials. During the past 10 years, great effort has been put into research on potential hazards of nanomaterials towards environmental organisms. As the methodology for reliable assessment of nanomaterials was immature, many studies reporting contradictory results have been published, hindering both risk assessment for nanomaterials, as well as the knowledge communication to all involved stakeholders. Thus, DaNa serves as a platform to implement trusted knowledge on nanomaterials for an objective discussion.
纳米技术和先进材料的应用有望彻底改变许多技术领域并改善我们的日常生活。在这方面，预计会对环境产生许多积极影响，这些影响既可以直接通过开发用于修复、过滤技术或能源生产的新技术来实现，也可以间接实现，例如由于原材料消耗降低而节省资源，或者由于车辆重量减轻而降低能源和燃料消耗。然而，新技术的这些有益影响往往会面临对新型物质或材料安全性的担忧。在过去十年中，人们投入了大量精力研究纳米材料对环境生物的潜在危害。由于可靠评估纳米材料的方法尚不成熟，许多报告相互矛盾结果的研究已经发表，这既阻碍了对纳米材料的风险评估，也阻碍了与所有相关利益攸关方的知识交流。因此，DaNa作为一个平台，用于实施关于纳米材料的可信知识，以便进行客观的讨论。
