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Factors Mitigating Nanomaterial/Organismal Interactions 468
Summary and Conclusions 471
References 472
Chapter 13. Assessing Life-Cycle Risks of Nanomaterials
Christine Ogilvie Robichaud, Dicksen Tanzil, and Mark R. Wiesner 481
Life-Cycle Impacts and Sustainability 481
First Steps: Risk Assessment from an Insurance Industry Perspective 493
Knowledge Gaps in the Life-Cycle Assessment
of Nanomaterials Risks 514
References 522

Index 525

Acknowledgments
Portions of the work presented in this book were supported by grants
from the US National Science Foundation, the US Environmental
Protection Agency, and the ECCO-Dyn program of France’s CNRS-FNS.
Support from the Office of Science and Technology of the French
Consulate (Houston), and Rice’s Environmental and Energy Systems
Institute in organizing the symposia that led to this effort are also grate-
fully acknowledged.

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