Introducing a new standardized nanomaterial environmental toxicity screening testing procedure, ISO/TS 20787: aquatic toxicity assessment of manufactured nanomaterials in saltwater Lakes using Artemia sp. nauplii

Abstract

This paper introduces a new standardized testing procedure for nanomaterial environmental toxicity (International Organization for Standardization/Technical Specification (ISO/TS) 20787): ‘aquatic toxicity assessment of manufactured nanomaterials in saltwater lakes using Artemia sp. Nauplii’ intended to generate more reliable and repeatable aquatic toxicity data testing manufactured nanomaterials, using Artemia sp., to evaluate their possible ecotoxicity in saltwater lake ecosystems. The principles behind testing with Artemia sp. are reviewed and the paper gives an overview of research published between 2009 and 2018 in which manufactured nanomaterials were tested using Artemia sp.

Keywords:

• Aquatic nanotoxicology
• Artemia sp.
• nauplii
• standardization
• saline lakes

Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the Korea Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, as well as the IRAN Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC).

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The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this paper.

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Funding

This research was jointly supported by the Industrial Technology Innovation Program (1005291, Development of highly usable nanomaterial inhalation toxicity testing system in commerce) through the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology by the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy and IRAN Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC).