Nanorisk: Safety and Risks of Carbon Nanotubes
Project Information
| Principal Investigator | Bruinink |
| Institution | Som , EMPA, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen |
| Project URL | View |
| Relevance to Implications | High |
| Class of Nanomaterial | Engineered Nanomaterials |
| Impact Sector | Human Health |
| Broad Research Categories |
Hazard Risk Assessment |
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Funding Information
| Country | Switzerland |
| Anticipated Total Funding | $516,407.00 |
| Annual Funding | $258,203.50 |
| Funding Source | CTI (Swiss Innovation Promotion Agency), BAG (Federal Office of PublicHealth), BAFU (Federal Office for the environment), EMPA (Materials science and technology research institution) |
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| Start Year | 2005 |
| Anticipated End Year | 2007 |
Abstract/Summary
Successful introduction of nanoparticles will rely on an early and realistic assessment of risks and appropriate precautionary measures. This project focuses on Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) and aims: To present the status quo of existing knowledge and uncertainties regarding safety and risk issues of CNT, To perform research to obtain toxicological in vitro data for the hazard identification, To identify the CNT toxicomechanism, To perform a foresight of which potential problems that can arise
