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ABSTRACT
Nanotechnology is expected to contribute to the protection of the environment, but many uncertainties exist regarding the environmental and human implications of manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs). Contradictory results have been reported for their ecotoxicity to aquatic organisms, which constitute one of the most important pathways for their entrance and transfer throughout the food web. The present review is focused on the international strategies that are laying the foundations of the ecotoxicological assessment of MNMs. Specific advice is provided on the preparation of MNM dispersions in the culture media of the organisms, which is considered a key factor to overcome the limitations in the standardization of the test methodologies.
Funding
The authors are thankful for funding from MINECO (MAT2013-42092-R), Gobierno Vasco/Eusko Jaurlaritza Consolidated Groups (IT-630-13), and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) (UFI 11/15). The research leading to these results has also been partially funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013) under the project NANoREG (A common European approach to the regulatory testing of nanomaterials), grant agreement 310584, and the Project CIEN NANOINTECH (CDTI, Spain, Contract IDI-20141355) with the company BRUGAROLAS represented by Mr. Leandro Muntada. C. Cerrillo acknowledges IK4-TEKNIKER and the ZABALDUZ Program for financing her contract with UPV/EHU.