In recent years, interest in the environmental occurrence and effects of microplastics (MPs)
has shifted towards our inland waters, and in this chapter we provide an overview of the …

Decades of nanotoxicology research have generated extensive and diverse data sets.
However, data is not equal to information. The question is how to extract critical information …

To document the marketing and distribution of nano-enabled products into the commercial
marketplace, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Project on …

Cancer therapeutic systems can help to confront and overcome many different strands of
tumours in clinical patients. Despite the benefits, current therapeutic systems present clear …

With the development of the latest technologies, scientists are looking to design novel
strategies for the treatment and diagnosis of cancer. Advances in medicinal plant research …

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) show different physical and chemical properties compared to
their macroscale analogs. This is primarily due to their small size and, consequently, the …

ABSTRACT “Microplastic” is an umbrella term that covers many particle shapes, sizes, and
polymer types, and as such the physical and chemical properties of environmental …

Engineered nanoparticles (NPs) are widely used in different technologies but their unique
properties might also cause adverse health effects. In reviewing recent in vitro and in vivo …

Airborne particles containing elemental carbon (EC) are currently at the forefront of scientific
and regulatory scrutiny, including black carbon, carbon black, and engineered carbon …

The regulation of engineered nanoparticles requires a widely agreed definition of such
particles. Nanoparticles are routinely defined as particles with sizes between about 1 and …