MAQ Magazine n. 16 / January 2020
ARE THERE ANY NEGATIVE COLLATERAL ASPECTS?
The environment surrounding us has a plethora of natural and manmade toxicants. These toxicants have gained access to almost every aspect of our life such as air, water, food, homes, workplaces, and belongings. It is very difficult to detoxify and eliminate toxicants after their entry into the human body, leading to the development of different syndromic symptoms. The exposure to these toxicants causes severe illness, diseases, and disability or death. Some of the common environmental toxicants are chemical compounds such as pesticides, heavy metals, plastics, and hydrocarbons. Many of these chemical compounds possess carcinogenic properties and, due to their common use in our society, are unavoidable. The jumbled chaos and rapid industrialization have profound effects on the augmentation of the air, water, and soil pollution.
One of the rapidly emerging research areas in the twenty-first century is nanotechnology.
Numerous scientific investigations have been carried out and are in progress on the "nanomaterials" both to verify the possible practical applications, and above all, for the possible negative effects.