Nanotechnology and the environment / Kathleen Sellers ... [et al.] - Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2009 - xi, 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nanoscale materials: definition and properties / Overview of manufacturing processes / Developing environmental regulations pertinent to nanotechnology / Analyses of nanoparticles in the environment / Environmental fate and transport / Treatment of nanoparticles in wastewater / potential ecological hazard of nanomaterials / Toxicology and risk assessment / Nanoparticle use in pollution control / Balancing the risks and rewards / Kathleen Sellers -- Julie Chen, Kathleen Sellers -- Lynn L. Bergeson -- Marilyn Hoyt -- Chris E. Mackay, Kim M. Henry -- Kim M. Henry, Kathleen Sellers -- Stephen R. Clough -- Chris E. Mackay, Jane Hamblen -- Kathleen Sellers -- Kathleen Sellers The

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Nanotechnology--Environmental aspects