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Nanoparticles, nanotechnology – potential environmental and occupational hazards
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Instytut Medycyny Pracy i Zdrowia Środowiskowego w Sosnowcu Dyrektor: dr n. med. P. Z. Brewczyński
Med Srod. 2014;17(2):7-14
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The paper presents some information about current state of knowledge of the risk of engineered nanoparticles and nanotechnology for the environment and human health. The nanotechnology influences all industrial and public sectors including healthcare, agriculture, transport, energy, information and communication technologies. Both, the potential benefits and risks, associated with the application of engineered nanoparticles have been widely debated in recent years. The most important problem for the future research i the evaluation of the risk associatedwith nanomaterials exposure.
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