TY - JOUR
AU1 - Schmidt, Charles W.
AU2 - 
AB - Environews Spheres of Influence Nanotechnology-Related Environment, Health, and Safety Research Examining the National Strategy Scanning electron micrograph of carbon nanotubes, magnified 40,000 times. | | A 158 volume 117 number 4 April 2009 • Environmental Health Perspectives Spheres of Influence | Nanotechnology-Related EHS Research ick up a tube of sunscreen, a tennis racquet, California’s law, issued 2 February 2009, limits its an iPod, or any number of other consumer scope to carbon nanotubes, a class of nanomaterial P products, and there’s a good chance that it’s used in electronics, optics, and biomedical applica- been “nano-enabled,” meaning it contains nanoscale tions. Under the new regulation, by February 2010 particles designed to give it some beneficial feature. companies that manufacture, import, or export car- An estimated $147 billion worth of nano-enabled bon nanotubes in California must disclose informa- commercial and consumer products were sold in tion about the toxicity and environmental impacts of 2007, according to Lux Research, a market analysis their products. firm in New York City. Citing the firm’s latest esti- Mea nwhile, experts in na notox icolog y a nd mates, Lux analyst David Hwang predicts that figure risk assessment have become increasingly polar- could top $3.1 trillion 
TI - Nanotechnology-Related Environment, Health, and Safety Research: Examining the National Strategy
JF - Environmental Health Perspectives
DO - 10.1289/ehp.117-a158
DA - 2009-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/nanotechnology-related-environment-health-and-safety-research-qdl6lWAiwc
DP - DeepDyve
ER -