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- Title
Toxicity of nanomaterials; an undermined issue.
- Authors
Mogharabi, Mehdi; Abdollahi, Mohammad; Faramarzi, Mohammad Ali
- Abstract
Nanomaterials are employed in extensive variety of commercial products such as electronic components, cosmetics, food, sports equipment, biomedical applications, and medicine. With the increasing utilization of engineered nanomaterials, the potential exposure of human to nanoparticles is rapidly increasing. Nowadays when new nanomaterials with new applications are introduced, mostly good and positive effects are mentioned whereas possible hazards arising from nanosize of the compounds are undermined. Toxicology studies of nanomaterials demonstrate some adverse effects in some human organs such as central nerve system, immune system, and lung. There is lack of complete information about human toxicity and environmental waste of nanomaterials. We aimed to highlight current toxicological concerns of potentially useful nanomaterials which are now used in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences.
- Subjects
DRUG delivery systems; ECOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TOXICOLOGY
- Publication
DARU: Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2014, Vol 22, p59
- ISSN
1560-8115
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s40199-014-0059-4