Nanotechnology: Fate and Transport

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February 12, 2008 - Read the Federal Register notice about EPA's Nanotechnology Research Strategy and meeting to review public comment:

FR Notice Requesting Public comment on EPA's Nanotechnology Research Strategy and comment review meeting (PDF) (3 pp, 53 K)
EPA's draft Nanotechnology Research Strategy (PDF) (76 pp, 1.10 MB)

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As nanotechnology progresses from research and development to commercialization and use, manufactured nanomaterials may be released into the environment. EPA is interested in determining the routes through which manufactured nanomaterials enter the environment and their modes of dispersion, interaction, and degradation within the environment: soil, water, atmosphere, and biosphere. Persistence and bioaccumulation/ biomagnification are factors that offer guidance for determining whether substances are classified as hazardous.

Although the short-term effects of a toxic nanomaterial may result from a single exposure, the long-term effects due to bioaccumulation and persistency may be more severe, ranging from lasting health problems to organ damage. Biomagnification, a side effect of bioaccumulation, is the amplification of the concentrations of nanomaterials in each successive step in the food chain. Keeping in mind the novel properties of nanomaterials, new or modified test methods, basic datasets for environmental fate/transport endpoints, and applications of new or existing air dispersion, soil transport, groundwater models may be needed.

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19 abstract(s) are listed.

#	Identifier	Abstract	Principal Investigator	Annual/ Final Reports	Pubs Count	Institution	Grant Representative	Grant Amount	Project Period
<< STAR GRANTS AND STAR CENTERS >>
1	R833335 Grant	The Fate and Effects of Nanosized Metal Particles along a Simulated Terrestrial Food Chain Investigated Using Genomic and Microscopic Techniques	Unrine, Jason M. Bertsch, Paul M. Neal, Andrew Tsyusko, Olga V.	No 2008 Annual Report Due Yet		University of Georgia	Lasat, Mitch		May 2007 - April 2010
2	R833340 Grant	Photochemical Fate of Manufactured Carbon Nanomaterials in the Aquatic Environment	Jafvert, Chad T. Hua, Inez	No 2008 Annual Report Due Yet		Purdue University - Main Campus	Lasat, Mitch	$199,900	May 2007 - April 2009
3	R833318 Grant	Agglomeration, Retention, and Transport Behavior of Manufactured Nanoparticles in Variably-Saturated Porous Media	Jin, Yan Xiao, John	No 2008 Annual Report Due Yet		University of Delaware	Savage, Nora	$399,035	January 2007 - February 2010
4	R833322 Grant	Biological Fate & Electron Microscopy Detection of Nanoparticles During Wastewater Treatment	Westerhoff, Paul Alford, Terry Rittman, Bruce	No 2008 Annual Report Due Yet		Arizona State University - Main Campus	Savage, Nora	$398,998	May 2007 - April 2010
5	R833323 Grant	Bioavailability and Fates of CdSe and TiO₂ Nanoparticles in Eukaryotes and Bacteria	Holden, Patricia Nadeau, Jay L. Stucky, Galen	No 2007 Annual Report Due Yet		University of California - Santa Barbara,McGill University	Lasat, Mitch	$399,986	October 2006 - September 2009
6	R8333327 Grant	Methodology Development for Manufactured Nanomaterial Bioaccumulation Test	Chen, Yongsheng Chang, Yung Crittenden, John C. Hu, Qiang Huang, C. P. Sommerfeld, Milton	No 2007 Annual Report Due Yet		Arizona State University - Main Campus,University of Delaware	Lasat, Mitch	$399,768	September 2006 - August 2009
7	R833321 Grant	Carbon Nanotubes: Environmental Dispersion States, Transport, Fate, and Bioavailability	Weber, Walter J. Huang, Qingguo	No 2007 Annual Report Due Yet		University of Michigan	Savage, Nora	$371,886	September 2006 - August 2009
8	R833326 Grant	The Effect of Surface Coatings on the Environmental and Microbial Fate of Nanoiron and Feoxide Nanoparticles	Lowry, Gregory V. Alvarez, Pedro J. Kim, Chris Minkley, Edwin Tilton, Robert D.			Carnegie Mellon University,Chapman University,Rice University	Lasat, Mitch	$400,000	July 2006 - June 2009
9	R833338 Grant	Internalization and Fate of Individual Manufactured Nanomaterial within Living Cells	Orr, Galya Tarasevich, Barbara J.			Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest Division	Lasat, Mitch	$200,000	January 2006 - January 2008
10	R832530 Grant	The Bioavailability, Toxicity, and Trophic Transfer of Manufactured ZnO Nanoparticles: A View from the Bottom	Bertsch, Paul M. Glenn, Travis Jackson, Brian Neal, Andrew Williams, Phillip	2006	Total Pubs: 10 -- No Journals -- -- No Books --	Savannah River Ecology Laboratory,University of Georgia,Dartmouth College	Savage, Nora	$363,680	October 2005 - September 2008
11	R832535 Grant	Fate and Transport of Carbon Nanomaterials in Unsaturated and Saturated Soils	Pennell, Kurt D. Abriola, Linda M. Hughes, Joseph	2006	Total Pubs: 1 -- No Journals -- -- No Books --	Georgia Institute of Technology,Tufts University	Lasat, Mitch	$395,300	October 2005 - September 2008
12	R832526 Grant	Fate and Transformation of C₆₀ Nanoparticles in Water Treatment Processes	Kim, Jae-Hong Hughes, Joseph	2006	Total Pubs: 5 Journals: 1 -- No Books --	Georgia Institute of Technology	Savage, Nora	$375,000	September 2005 - August 2008
13	R832529 Grant	Hysteretic Accumulation and Release of Nanomaterials in the Vadose Zone	Kibbey, Tohren C.G. Sabatini, David A.	2006		University of Oklahoma	Savage, Nora	$375,000	September 2005 - August 2008
14	R832531 Grant	Mechanistic Dosimetry Models of Nanomaterial Deposition in the Respiratory Tract	Asgharian, Bahman Wong, Brian A.	2006	Total Pubs: 2 -- No Journals -- -- No Books --	CIIT Centers for Health Research	Savage, Nora	$375,000	September 2005 - August 2007
15	R831723 Grant	Responses of Lung Cells to Metals in Manufactured Nanoparticles	Veranth, John Reilly, Christopher A. Yost, Garold S.	2005	Total Pubs: 3 -- No Journals -- -- No Books --	University of Utah	Savage, Nora	$332,958	October 2004 - September 2007
16	R831713 Grant	Fate, Transformation and Toxicity of Manufactured Nanomaterials in Drinking Water	Westerhoff, Paul Capco, David Chen, Yongsheng Crittenden, John C.	2005 2006	Total Pubs: 5 -- No Journals -- -- No Books --	Arizona State University - Main Campus	Savage, Nora	$455,000	October 2004 - September 2007
17	R831712 Grant	Transformations of Biologically-Conjugated CdSe Quantum Dots Released into Water and Biofilms	Holden, Patricia Nadeau, Jay L.	2005 2006	Total Pubs: 36 Journals: 4 -- No Books --	University of California - Santa Barbara,McGill University	Lasat, Mitch	$332,099	October 2004 - September 2007
18	R831716 Grant	Chemical and Biological Behavior of Carbon Nanotubes in Estuarine Sedimentary Systems	Ferguson, P. Lee Chandler, G. Thomas Scrivens, W. A.			University of South Carolina at Columbia	Lasat, Mitch	$334,750	August 2004 - August 2007
19	R831718 Grant	Adsorption and Release of Contaminants onto Engineered Nanoparticles	Tomson, Mason B.	2005	Total Pubs: 31 Journals: 9 -- No Books --	Rice University	Lasat, Mitch	$333,797	July 2004 - June 2007

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Total Number of Abstracts:	19
Total Number of Abstracts, excluding Center sub-projects:	19
Total Number of Progress Reports:	11
Total Number of Final Reports:	0
Total Number of Publications:	93
Total Number of Journal Articles:	14

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