International summit to integrate the scientific knowledge available about nanomaterial exposure, fate, effects and risks in the environment(Mar.12-17,2017, Switzerland)

国际峰会整合有关纳米材料在环境中的暴露、归宿、影响和风险的科学知识（2017年3月12日至17日，瑞士）

• 批准号: 1708741
• 负责人: Mark Wiesner
• 金额: $ 4.17万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-02-01 至 2018-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1708741&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: International; summit; integrate; scientific; knowledge

The benefits of nanomaterials and their enabling properties have resulted in widespread use in industry and consumer products. As we approach 20 years of research on the potential impacts of nanomaterials on human health and the environment, differences remain in the scientific and regulatory communities regarding whether nanomaterials need to be assessed differently and more stringently than conventional materials. There is however a growing consensus that nanomaterials exhibit complex and interesting interactions with organisms and ecosystems. There is also visible convergence regarding methods of evaluation and assessments where nanotechnology is likely to yield greater environmental benefits or risks. This conference will take stock of what has been learned, point the scientific community towards specific conclusions, discuss needs for data integration, and finally identify remaining research gaps. The overall goal of the conference will be to integrate the scientific knowledge available about nanomaterial exposure, fate, effects and risks in the environment. The conference will bring together experts from around the world to discuss the state of the science on nanomaterials, their impacts, and their applications, with a dedicated discussion of applications and implications at the nano-bio interface. Specific scientific objectives of the conference will be: - Discuss environmental exposure of nanomaterials including their release from products and their detection - Summarize known transport and transformation pathways of nanomaterials - Discuss recent findings on uptake and effects in organisms and food-chains - Present the progress towards environmental risk assessment of nanomaterials - Identify nano-specific issues in exposure, fate, effects and risks - Discuss the relevance of nanomaterials compared to natural particles The main results obtained from addressing the above objectives will be summarized in a synthesis paper, which concludes on the topic of whether nanomaterials pose a novel threat under environmentally relevant conditions.

纳米材料的好处及其有利的特性导致在行业和消费产品中广泛使用。随着我们对纳米材料对人类健康和环境的潜在影响进行20年的研究，科学和法规社区中关于纳米材料是否需要与传统材料更加更加严格的评估。然而，越来越多的共识是，纳米材料与生物和生态系统表现出复杂而有趣的相互作用。关于评估方法和评估方法，纳米技术可能会带来更大的环境收益或风险，也有明显的融合。这次会议将盘点所学的知识，将科学界指向特定的结论，讨论数据集成需求，并最终确定剩余的研究差距。会议的总体目标是整合有关环境中纳米材料暴露，命运，影响和风险的科学知识。该会议将汇集来自世界各地的专家，讨论有关纳米材料的科学状况，其影响及其应用，并专门讨论纳米生物生物界面的应用和含义。 Specific scientific objectives of the conference will be: - Discuss environmental exposure of nanomaterials including their release from products and their detection - Summarize known transport and transformation pathways of nanomaterials - Discuss recent findings on uptake and effects in organisms and food-chains - Present the progress towards environmental risk assessment of nanomaterials - Identify nano-specific issues in exposure, fate, effects and risks - Discuss the relevance of与天然颗粒相比，纳米材料通过解决上述目标获得的主要结果将在合成论文中进行总结，该论文的结论是纳米材料在与环境相关条件下是否构成新的威胁。