Evaluating nanotechnology opportunities and risks through integration of life-cycle and risk assessment
| Autor: | Masahiko Hirao, Cyril Aymonier, Guido Sonnemann, Emi Kikuchi-Uehara, Michael Tsang |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Institut des Sciences Moléculaires (ISM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie et de Physique de Bordeaux (ENSCPB)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Université Montesquieu - Bordeaux 4-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC), Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux (ICMCB), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux-Université de Bordeaux (UB), the financial support of the University of Bordeaux, the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), LabEx AMADEus (ANR-10-LABX-42) in the framework of IdEx Bordeaux (ANR-10-IDEX-03-02) that is, the Investissements d’Avenir programme of the French government managed by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche, and the LCA Chair of the French Region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine., ANR-10-IDEX-0003,IDEX BORDEAUX,Initiative d'excellence de l'Université de Bordeaux(2010) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Consumption (economics)
Biomedical Engineering Resource efficiency Bioengineering 02 engineering and technology Scientific literature [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry 010501 environmental sciences 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics 01 natural sciences Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics 12. Responsible consumption Resource (project management) Risk analysis (engineering) 13. Climate action 11. Sustainability Sustainability Production (economics) General Materials Science Business Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0210 nano-technology Risk assessment 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Nature Nanotechnology Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Publishing Group, 2017, 12 (8), pp.734-739. ⟨10.1038/NNANO.2017.132⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1748-3387 1748-3395 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/NNANO.2017.132⟩ |
| Popis: | The advantages and challenges of integrating the methods of life-cycle assessment and risk assessment are discussed in terms of the objectives for evaluating nanotechnologies in a safe and sustainable way. It has been some 15 years since the topics of sustainability and nanotechnologies first appeared together in the scientific literature and became a focus of organizations' research and policy developments. On the one hand, this focus is directed towards approaches and tools for risk assessment and management and on the other hand towards life-cycle thinking and assessment. Comparable to their application for regular chemicals, each tool is seen to serve separate objectives as it relates to evaluating nanotechnologies' safety or resource efficiency, respectively. While nanomaterials may provide resource efficient production and consumption, this must balance any potential hazards they pose across their life-cycles. This Perspective advocates for integrating these two tools at the methodological level for achieving this objective, and it explains what advantages and challenges this offers decision-makers while highlighting what research is needed to further enhance integration. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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