Nanomaterials toxin contamination in laboratories and potential harmful effects of their products: a review

Abstract

Latest nanotechnological advances propose that nanoparticles have been predictable to be used in different fields. Nanomaterials are used in a extensive diversity of commercial goods for example electronic components, sports equipment, sun creams and biomedical applications. Employing nanoparticles in medicine is ever increasing, and it is significant to know their targeted and non-targeted effects. A number of nanoparticles seem to be talented to translocate from their site of deposition to far sites, for instance the blood and the brain, and these materials can cause DNA damage to cells cultured underneath a cellular barrier without crossing this barrier. So the study of these nanosized material toxicities in the blood, brain, skin, liver, etc. seems to be necessary.

Keywords:

• Nanotoxicology
• nanoparticles
• toxic effect
• oxidative stress
• DNA damage

Acknowledgements

This work is funded by a 2016 grant Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no declaration of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.