Nanoremediation and international environmental restoration markets

Richard Bardos, Brian Bone, Miroslav Cernik, Dan Elliott, Sarah Jones, Corinne Merly

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Abstract

Nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) is the most commonly used nanoremediation material. While there has been a reasonable level of application of nZVI technologies for in situ remediation in the United States, its utilization across Europe has been much more limited. There has been significant uncertainty about the balance between deployment risks and benefits for nanoparticles (NPs), which has affected the regulatory position in several countries. Some member states of the European Union (EU) take a strong precautionary view of the risks from the deployment of NPs into the subsurface, preventing the adoption of the technology. This article provides a risk-benefit assessment for nZVI based on published information and describes the steps that will be taken by a major European research project (NanoRem), as part of its work to provide a basis for better informed decision making in European environmental restoration markets. A key part of this process is dialogue between practitioners and researchers. NanoRem therefore has an active process of communication with different stakeholder networks (regulators, service providers, and site owners). NanoRem hopes to stimulate a consensus on appropriate use of nanoremediation and thereby stimulate effective technology transfer to the European remediation market.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)83-94
Number of pages12
JournalRemediation Journal
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Mar 2015

Bibliographical note

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Bardos, P., Bone, B., Černík, M., Elliott, D. W., Jones, S. and Merly, C. (2015), Nanoremediation and International Environmental Restoration Markets. Remediation, 25: 83–94, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/rem.21426/abstract. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.

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