The Environmental Safety Aspects of Technologically Powerful Materials Are Often Overlooked

Affiliations

Anne Kahru: Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, 23 Akadeemia Tee, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
Margit Heinlaan: Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, 23 Akadeemia Tee, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
Irina Blinova: Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, 23 Akadeemia Tee, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
Villem Aruoja: Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, 23 Akadeemia Tee, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
Kaja Kasemets: Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, 23 Akadeemia Tee, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
Asya Drenkova-Tuhtan: Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, 23 Akadeemia Tee, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
Mariliis Sihtmäe: Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, 23 Akadeemia Tee, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia
Monika Mortimer: Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, 23 Akadeemia Tee, 12618 Tallinn, Estonia

Abstract

Novel materials and their combinations are the basis of societal progress: stone—Stone Age; bronze—Bronze Age; iron—Iron Age [...]