Journal
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 575, Issue -, Pages 231-246Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.041
Keywords
Silver nanoparticles; Engineered nanomaterials; Environmental risk; Chemical analysis; Environmental toxicology; Environmental fate
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- Environmental Protection Agency-Ireland (EPA) [2014-HW-MS-1]
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The environmental impact of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) has become a topic of interest recently, this is due to the fact that AgNPs have been included in numerous consumer products including textiles, medical products, domestic appliances, food containers, cosmetics, paints and nano-functionalised plastics. The production, use and disposal of these AgNP containing products are potential routes for environmental exposure. These concerns have led to a number of studies investigating the release of particles from nano-functionalised products, the detection of the particles in the aquatic environment and the potential environmental toxicology of these AgNPs to aquatic organisms. The overall aim of this review is to examine methods for the capture and detection of AgNPs, potential toxicity and transmission routes in the aquatic environment. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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