Assessing Health and Environmental Risks of Nanoparticles

Dear Colleagues,

Over the past decade, the production and use of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in diverse fields has increased drastically. Following substantial investments in nanotechnology, the upward tendency of extensive applications of ENPs is expected to continue in the coming years. While the benefits of ENPs are relatively well documented, little is known about their impacts on the environment and human health. Indeed, during their lifecycle, ENPs can be inadvertently released into the environment and ingested or inhaled by humans, possibly causing damage to human health, as well as to fauna and flora. Therefore, there is a crucial need to assess the risks of exposure to ENPs. However, such risk assessment cannot be done without exhaustive knowledge of the different properties and behavior of ENPs. More data on the fate of ENPs in the environment, their mobility, toxicity, reactivity, stability, size, and concentration in diverse environmental media should be collected and combined with routes of exposure for more reliable risk assessment.

This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) aims to cover the most recent studies focused on understanding the health and safety aspects of engineered nanoparticles, their fate and interactions with different organisms, and assessing their potential risks. Interdisciplinary research works and reviews in line with this topic are welcome to this Special Issue.

Dr. Madjid Hadioui
Guest Editor

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• engineered nanoparticles
• risk assessment
• health and environmental risks
• fate of nanoparticles in the environment
• exposure to nanoparticles
• toxicity of nanoparticles