Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Release, Transport and Toxicity
of Engineered Nanoparticles
Deepika Soni, Pravin K. Naoghare, Sivanesan Saravanadevi,
and Ram Avatar Pandey
Contents
1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................
2
2
Engineered Nanoparticles and Their Applications ...............................................................
6
3
Release Pathways of Engineered Nanoparticles in the Environment ...................................
9
4
Fate and Transport of Engineered Nanoparticles in the Environment ................................. 12
4.1
Air ................................................................................................................................ 12
4.2
Water ............................................................................................................................. 14
4.3
Soil ............................................................................................................................... 15
5
Toxicity of the ENPs ............................................................................................................ 16
5.1
Microbes ...................................................................................................................... 16
5.2
Animals ........................................................................................................................ 24
5.3
Plants ........................................................................................................................... 29
5.4
Toxicity to Different Cell Lines................................................................................... 32
