EDITORIAL

Toxicology

Nanotoxicology

K Donaldson¹, V Stone², C L Tran³, W Kreyling⁴, P J A Borm⁵

¹ ELEGI Colt Laboratory, Wilkie Building, University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH9 8AG, UK
² School of Life Sciences, Napier University, 10 Colinton Rd, Edinburgh EH10 5DT, UK
³ Institute of Occupational Medicine, Research Park North, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK
⁴ GSF National Research Center for Environment & Health, Institute for Inhalation Biology, Focus Network: Aerosols and Health, PO Box 1129, D-85758 Neuherberg/Munich, Germany
⁵ Centre of Expertise in Life Sciences (CEL), Hogeschool Zuyd, PO Box 2606, 6401 DC Heerlen, Netherlands

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Professor K Donaldson
ELEGI Colt Laboratory, Wilkie Building, University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH9 8AG, UK; ken.donaldson@ed.ac.uk

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A new frontier in particle toxicology relevant to both the workplace and general environment and to consumer safety

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Keywords: inflammation; nanoparticles; nanotechnology; toxicology; ultrafine particles

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The revolution in nanotechnology is set to bring advantages in areas of our lives as diverse as engineering, information technology, and diagnostics. Part of this will necessitate large scale production of nanoparticles with new formulations and surface properties to meet novel demands. Our current knowledge of the toxicology of nanoparticles and nanotubes is poor but suggests that nanoparticles may be able to have adverse effects at their portal of entry, for example, the lungs, but that some nanoparticles may also escape the normal defences and translocate from their portal of entry to have diverse effects in other target organs. We suggest that a discipline of nanotoxicology be built up to address the new potential threats that widespread use of new nanoparticles could bring in support of the growth of a safe and sustainable nanotechnology industry.

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