What are Some Potential Solutions and Innovations?
To address these challenges, environmental scientists are exploring several innovative approaches:
Developing green nanotechnology practices to design safer and more sustainable nanomaterials. Creating advanced detection methods that can accurately identify and quantify nanomaterials in complex environmental matrices. Enhancing interdisciplinary collaboration to combine expertise from chemistry, biology, engineering, and environmental science. Promoting the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) to evaluate the overall environmental impact of nanomaterials from production to disposal.