title: Environmental benefits and concerns on safety: communicating latest results on nanotechnology safety research-the project DaNa2.0.
abstract: The use of nanotechnology and advanced materials promises to revolutionise many areas of technology and improve our daily life. In that respect, many positive effects on the environment are expected, either directly, by developing new technologies for remediation, filtering techniques or energy generation, or indirectly, by e.g. saving resources due to lower consumption of raw materials, or lower energy and fuel consumption due to reduced weight of vehicles. However, such beneficial effects of new technologies are often confronted by concerns regarding the safety of novel substances or materials. During the past 10 years, great effort has been put into research on potential hazards of nanomaterials towards environmental organisms. As the methodology for reliable assessment of nanomaterials was immature, many studies reporting contradictory results have been published, hindering both risk assessment for nanomaterials, as well as the knowledge communication to all involved stakeholders. Thus, DaNa2.0serves as a platform to implement trusted knowledge on nanomaterials for an objective discussion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany. dana.kuehnel@ufz.de.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kühnel
authors.affiliation: Institute for Applied Computer Sciences (IAI), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marquardt
authors.affiliation: Institute for Applied Computer Sciences (IAI), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nau
authors.affiliation: International Research Cooperations, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Krug
authors.affiliation: Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (DECHEMA), Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.affiliation: Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (DECHEMA), Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Steinbach
mesh_terms: D004777:Environment; D049329:Nanostructures; D036103:Nanotechnology; D012106:Research; D018570:Risk Assessment
keywords: Environmental impact; Knowledge base; Knowledge dissemination; Nano ecotoxicity; Nanomaterials; Nanoobjects; Science communication