Lebre Filipa, Chatterjee Nivedita, Costa Samantha, Fernández-de-Gortari Eli, Lopes Carla, Meneses João, Ortiz Luís, Ribeiro Ana R, Vilas-Boas Vânia, Alfaro-Moreno Ernesto
NanoSafety Group, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal.
Masters in Biophysics and Bionanosystems, Campus de Gualtar, School of Sciences of the University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
Nanomaterials (Basel). 2022 May 25;12(11):1810. doi: 10.3390/nano12111810.
The use of nanomaterials has been increasing in recent times, and they are widely used in industries such as cosmetics, drugs, food, water treatment, and agriculture. The rapid development of new nanomaterials demands a set of approaches to evaluate the potential toxicity and risks related to them. In this regard, nanosafety has been using and adapting already existing methods (toxicological approach), but the unique characteristics of nanomaterials demand new approaches (nanotoxicology) to fully understand the potential toxicity, immunotoxicity, and (epi)genotoxicity. In addition, new technologies, such as organs-on-chips and sophisticated sensors, are under development and/or adaptation. All the information generated is used to develop new in silico approaches trying to predict the potential effects of newly developed materials. The overall evaluation of nanomaterials from their production to their final disposal chain is completed using the life cycle assessment (LCA), which is becoming an important element of nanosafety considering sustainability and environmental impact. In this review, we give an overview of all these elements of nanosafety.
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