3. Bio- and ecotoxicology of nanoparticles
3.1 Towards a common frame of reference: the relational object
The relational properties that define nano objects justify both the cognitive interest in them and the risks they raise. The focus on unusual behaviors and surface properties also underpins debates on the toxicology and eco-toxicology of certain nano-objects, notably nanoparticles (a nanoparticle is a small inorganic solid, or the smallest crystal there is; it's an intermediate object between a molecule and a solid). The effect of nanoparticles on human health and the environment depends in particular on their ability to bind selectively to other entities present in their environment. In short, if NSTs are interesting, and if their objects raise very specific toxicological problems, it's because a nano object is defined...
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NANO2E, Nanotechnologies, epistemology and ethics
NANONORMA, From innovation to use: what regulatory framework for nano-objects?
Nanoethics, Website of the journal Nanoethics published...
Standards and norms
- Comité technique nanotechnologies. - ISO TC 229 -
- Commission de normalisation nanotechnologies. - AFNOR X457 -
- Nanotechnologies – Nano-object terminology and definitions – Nanoparticles, nanofibers and nanosheets. - ISO TS 27687:2008 -
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Décret n° 2012-232 du 17 février 2012 relatif à la déclaration annuelle des substances à l'état nanoparticulaire pris en application de l'article L. 523-4 du code de l'environnement – JO n° 0043 du 19 février 2012 page 2863 texte n° 4 NOR: DEVP1123456D.
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Artificial molecular machines :
Organo-Mineral Chemistry Laboratory (LCOM), University of Strasbourg
http://www-chimie.u-strasbg.fr/~lcom/Recherche/machines.html
Molecular Nanosciences Group, Orsay Institute of Molecular Sciences. Molecular PhotoPhysics...
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