The NERC Knowledge Transfer Initiative Nanonet, partnered by SETAC and the Environment Agency will be holding a two-day event on the 'Environmental Effects of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials at the University of Birmingham.
This meeting is the third international meeting on this topic following the success of the 2nd meeting held in London last year.
Engineered nanoparticles and nanomaterials offer many potential socio – economic, health and environmental benefits as a result of novel properties and behaviour that materials can exhibit when manufactured at the nanoscale. While the production of nanomaterials is undergoing exponential growth, their biological effects and environmental fate and behaviour are relatively unknown.
This year's event will examine the latest developments in assessment, characterisation, fate, and effects, of these materials in the environment, along with the regulation, policy and public perception of this technology.
This meeting is the third international meeting on this topic following the success of the 2nd meeting held in London last year.
Engineered nanoparticles and nanomaterials offer many potential socio – economic, health and environmental benefits as a result of novel properties and behaviour that materials can exhibit when manufactured at the nanoscale. While the production of nanomaterials is undergoing exponential growth, their biological effects and environmental fate and behaviour are relatively unknown.
This year's event will examine the latest developments in assessment, characterisation, fate, and effects, of these materials in the environment, along with the regulation, policy and public perception of this technology.
