Musee, N2013-01-282013-01-282012-04Musee, N. 2012. Fate, behaviour and toxicity of engineered nanomaterials in the environmental systems. 4th International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NanoAfrica 2012), University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 1-4 April 2012http://hdl.handle.net/10204/64464th International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NanoAfrica 2012), University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 1-4 April 2012Historical analysis of different technologies' evolution reveals how many of them failed to achieve the intended societal benefits. This is primarily because their associated health, safety, and environmental effects were detrimental to the society, and led to their ban. During the 20th century, nanotechnology joined the ranks of among the rapidly emerging set of technologies with the potential to offer a new era, or even the next industrial manufacturing revolution. Therefore, several questions merit answers as part of enhancing our collective understanding of the potential impacts of nanomaterials in the environmental systems, and how they should be mitigated.enEngineered nanomaterialsNanoscienceNanotechnologyEnvironmental systems engineeringConference PresentationMusee, N. (2012). Fate, behaviour and toxicity of engineered nanomaterials in the environmental systems. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6446Musee, N. "Fate, behaviour and toxicity of engineered nanomaterials in the environmental systems." (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6446Musee N, Fate, behaviour and toxicity of engineered nanomaterials in the environmental systems; 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6446 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Musee, N AB - Historical analysis of different technologies' evolution reveals how many of them failed to achieve the intended societal benefits. This is primarily because their associated health, safety, and environmental effects were detrimental to the society, and led to their ban. During the 20th century, nanotechnology joined the ranks of among the rapidly emerging set of technologies with the potential to offer a new era, or even the next industrial manufacturing revolution. Therefore, several questions merit answers as part of enhancing our collective understanding of the potential impacts of nanomaterials in the environmental systems, and how they should be mitigated. DA - 2012-04 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Engineered nanomaterials KW - Nanoscience KW - Nanotechnology KW - Environmental systems engineering LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 T1 - Fate, behaviour and toxicity of engineered nanomaterials in the environmental systems TI - Fate, behaviour and toxicity of engineered nanomaterials in the environmental systems UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6446 ER -