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PERSPECTIVE article

Front. Toxicol.
Sec. Occupational Toxicology
Volume 6 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/ftox.2024.1476398

Nanomaterials and Security in Occupational and Forensic Medicine: Insights from Nanotoxicology

Provisionally accepted
Lang TRAN Lang TRAN 1Michele Treglia Michele Treglia 2Luca Coppeta Luca Coppeta 2Cristiana Ferrari Cristiana Ferrari 2Margherita Pallocci Margherita Pallocci 2*Luisa Campagnolo Luisa Campagnolo 2Luiz C. De Miranda Junior Luiz C. De Miranda Junior 3Bruno Piccoli Bruno Piccoli 4Sharyn Gaskin Sharyn Gaskin 4Francisco Cortes Fernandes Francisco Cortes Fernandes 5Fabio Dantas Filho Fabio Dantas Filho 6Pierluigi Passalacqua Pierluigi Passalacqua 7Antonio Pietroiusti Antonio Pietroiusti 8Lorenzo Ippoliti Lorenzo Ippoliti 9Mario Bragaglia Mario Bragaglia 10Francesca Nanni Francesca Nanni 10Andrea Magrini Andrea Magrini 2Luigi Tonino Marsella Luigi Tonino Marsella 2
  • 1 Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • 2 Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
  • 3 American Better Health Organization, Allentown, United States
  • 4 School of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  • 5 National Association of Occupational Medicine (ANAMT), Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • 6 Department of Occupational Service of Hospital de Clinical de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • 7 Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • 8 Saint Camillus International University of Health and Medical Sciences, Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • 9 Saint Camillus International University of Health and Medical Sciences, Rome, Italy
  • 10 Department of Enterprising Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

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    Nanoenergetics is an emerging and expanding reality. With respect to their applications, it is well known, for example, that they are used by the weapons industry to create so-called nanobombs, which have the advantage, considering their size and low weight, that they can be easily transported over long distances.Even considering the expansion of war scenarios worldwide, a growing concern is accompanying the use of nanoenergetics with reference to the impact on human and environmental health they potentially have. It has been hypothesised, for example, that they may have short-and long-term consequences, with even genotoxic and immunotoxic effects. Exposure to such substances can be both occupational (people employed in the production and use of nanoenergetics) and civilian, if used in war contexts for example.The aim of the paper is to present the launch of a research project that aims to explore these aspects in greater depth through an integrated research approach.

    Keywords: nanobombs, Occupational Medicine, Thermobaric, Forensic Medecine, Nanotoxicology (NT)

    Received: 05 Aug 2024; Accepted: 30 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 TRAN, Treglia, Coppeta, Ferrari, Pallocci, Campagnolo, De Miranda Junior, Piccoli, Gaskin, Cortes Fernandes, Dantas Filho, Passalacqua, Pietroiusti, Ippoliti, Bragaglia, Nanni, Magrini and Tonino Marsella. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Margherita Pallocci, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

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