How Safe Is Nano? Nanotoxicology: An interdisciplinary challenge
Friday, January 28, 2011 - 09:30
in Psychology & Sociology
(PhysOrg.com) -- The rapid development of nanotechnology has increased fears about the health risks of nano-objects. Are these fears justified? Do we need a new discipline, nanotoxicology, to evaluate the risks? Harald F. Krug and Peter Wick of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology discuss these questions in the journal Angewandte Chemie.