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Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43, 6453–6457

The University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology†

A Call to Action

HILARY A. GODWIN KABIR CHOPRA KENNETH A. BRADLEY YORAM COHEN University of California, Los Angeles BARBARA HERR HARTHORN University of California, Santa Barbara ERIC M.V. HOEK University of California, Los Angeles PATRICIA HOLDEN ARTURO A. KELLER HUNTER S. LENIHAN ROGER M. NISBET University of California, Santa Barbara ANDRE E. NEL University of California, Los Angeles

RHONDA SAUNDERS/SHUTTERSTOCK

Assessing nanomaterials for human health and ecotoxicological impact can be well aided by using high-throughput laboratory methods.

† Editor’s Note: This manuscript, along with the other appearing in this issue by Wiesner et al. (DOI 10.1021/es803621k) was invited at the advent of the NSF and EPA’s granting of Centers to investigate the environmental fate of nanomaterials. Placement in the September 1, 2009 issue coincides with the Centers’ first anniversary. At ES&T we applaud the significant work on this topic at this and other institutions around the globe, and we invite new papers addressing this important research issue.

10.1021/es8034544

 2009 American Chemical Society

Published on Web 07/29/2009

Nanomaterials (NMs), classified as molecularly engineered structures with at least one dimension