UMWELT
Kommentare 134

Nanopartikel − eine neue Art von Umweltverschmutzung

Kohlenstoffnanoröhren und andere mikroskopische Partikel sind zunehmend Bestandteile von Konsumgütern. Und sie werden auch in Organismen entlang der Nahrungskette gefunden.

Die Nanotechnologie löst eine neue industrielle Revolution aus. Der Prozess der Herstellung von Materialien in unglaublich kleinem Maßstab hat zu Fortschritten in allen Bereichen geführt, von Elektronik über Farbe und Kosmetik bis hin zu Kleidung (Anmerkung: Ein menschliches Haar ist etwa 80.000 Nanometer breit). Ihre geringe Größe stellt aber auch eine Bedrohung für eine neue Art der Verschmutzung dar: Nanomaterialien können leicht in die Umwelt bzw. in lebende Organismen gelangen und ihren Weg durch die Nahrungskette finden, wie neue Forschungsergebnisse zeigen.

Nanomaterialien in der Nahrungskette

In einem in der Fachzeitschrift Nature Communications veröffentlichten Artikel verfolgten die Forscher Nanomaterialien von einer Größe zwischen 1 und 100 Nanometer durch die Nahrungskette. Hierzu identifizierten sie zunächst Nanomaterialien in Algen und folgten dann diesen Materialien in weiterer Folge in Plankton, das die Algen absorbiert hatte sowie in weiterer Folge in Fischen, die das Plankton gefressen hatten. Bei jedem Schritt veränderten die Nanopartikel Größe und Form und breiteten sich im gesamten Körper des Organismus aus. Sie drangen in Zellen und Organe ein. Im Fisch sammelten sie sich dann im Gehirn an.

Fazel A. Monikh, Hauptautor und Forscher an der Universität von Ostfinnland, ist sich nicht ganz sicher, warum sich diese Nanomaterialien im Gehirn des Fisches ansammeln, aber er ist der Meinung, dass dies besorgniserregend ist. Außerdem werden diese Nanomaterialien kaum als Inhaltsstoffe eines Produktes angeführt. Meist weiß man nicht einmal, dass sie Bestandteil eines Produktes sind. Und da es keine weltweit akzeptierte Definition für ein Nanomaterial gibt, ist es schwierig, sie zu kennzeichnen oder zu regulieren.

Nanomaterial vs. Mikroplastik

Diese Nanomaterialien, die in die Nahrungskette gelangt sind, unterscheiden sich von Mikroplastik (Stücken mit einer Länge von weniger als fünf Millimetern) und Nanokunststoffen (kleineren Fragmenten mit einer Länge von weniger als 0,001 Millimetern). Die Verschmutzung durch diese beiden tritt auf, wenn Kunststoff in eine Umgebung gelangt und sich in immer kleinere Stücke zersetzt.

Nanomaterialien auf der anderen Seite sind Gegenstände, die Menschen selbst als so klein konstruieren – beispielsweise Kohlenstoffnanoröhren, die stärker als Stahl, aber leichter als Aluminium sind und in Touchscreens und Solarzellen verwendet werden. Oder auch Titandioxid-Nanopartikel, die in Sonnenschutzmitteln verwendet werden, um das Produkt in unsere Haut zu integrieren.

Regulierung von Nanomaterial schwer

Die Regulierung von Nanomaterialien ist schwierig, da es noch keinen Test gibt, der stark genug ist, um sie zu skalieren. Die Messung des Vorhandenseins von Nanopartikeln anhand der Masse, wie wir sie zum Nachweis von Chemikalien verwenden, reicht nicht aus, da deren physikalische Zusammensetzung und Struktur nicht berücksichtigt werden. Für seine Forschung entwickelte Monikh nun eine Methode zur Isolierung und Extraktion der Nanopartikel aus dem Gewebe der Organismen, mit der die Forscher jedes Stück Nanomaterial zählen und messen konnten.

Unternehmen beeilen sich, diese Technologie in ihre Produkte zu integrieren, aber Risiko, das diese Produkte beinhalten, wird noch nicht vollständig verstanden, sodass sich gerade erst regulatorische Rahmenbedingungen herausbilden. „Dieses Material hat Form, Größe, physische Grenzen, verschiedene Dinge sammeln sich darin an“, sagt Monikh. „Das bestehende Protokoll hat keine Antwort auf solche Materialien, da die Protokolle für Chemikalien gelten und Chemikalien einheitlich sind.“

Weitere Arbeiten sind erforderlich, um zu verstehen, welchen potenziellen Schaden das Material gegebenenfalls verursacht. Als nächstes werden er und sein Team genauer untersuchen, warum und wie sich diese Partikel im Gehirn von Fischen ansammeln und welche Auswirkungen sie haben könnten. Er hofft, dass auch die politischen Entscheidungsträger dieses Thema aufgreifen und mit der Umsetzung von Vorschriften zur Verwendung von Nanomaterialien beginnen, insbesondere, während wir darauf warten, mehr darüber zu erfahren. „Wir können diese neue Revolution nicht aufhalten, wir können nicht gegen Unternehmen kämpfen, aber wir können gegebenenfalls sichere Nanomaterialien entwerfen, denn wenn wir wissen, welche Auswirkungen dies hat, können wir sie sicher gestalten“, sagt er.

fastcompany.com

134 Kommentare

  1. Wow, incredible weblog structure! How lengthy have you ever been running a blog for?
    you made running a blog look easy. The overall glance of your web site is magnificent, let alone the content!
    You can see similar here sklep

  2. El correo electrónico no es seguro y puede haber vínculos débiles en el proceso de envío, transmisión y recepción de correos electrónicos. Si se aprovechan las lagunas, la cuenta se puede descifrar fácilmente.

  3. Hi there! Do you know if they make any plugins to assist with SEO?
    I’m trying to get my site to rank for some targeted keywords but I’m
    not seeing very good success. If you know of any please share.

    Thank you! I saw similar article here: List of Backlinks

  4. Wow, incredible weblog format! How long have you ever been running a blog for?

    you make running a blog glance easy. The full look of your site is
    fantastic, as neatly as the content! You can see similar here e-commerce

  5. Wow, fantastic weblog structure!
    How long have you been blogging for? you made running a blog look
    easy. The total look of your web site is wonderful, as
    smartly as the content material! I read similar
    here prev next and that was wrote
    by Angelia79.

  6. Howdy! Do you know if they make any plugins to assist with Search Engine Optimization? I’m trying to get my
    blog to rank for some targeted keywords but I’m not seeing
    very good gains. If you know of any please share. Cheers! You
    can read similar blog here: Choose escape room

  7. I’ve been browsing online more than three hours nowadays, but I by no means found any interesting article like yours. It’s beautiful worth sufficient for me. In my view, if all webmasters and bloggers made excellent content as you did, the internet will be much more helpful than ever before!

  8. Hello, i think that i saw you visited my website so i came to “return the favor”.I
    am attempting to find things to improve my website!I
    suppose its ok to use some of your ideas!!

  9. Good day! Do you know if they make any plugins to help with Search Engine
    Optimization? I’m trying to get my blog to rank for some targeted
    keywords but I’m not seeing very good success. If you know of any please share.

    Cheers! I saw similar blog here: blogexpander.com

  10. I’m delighted that I have noticed this weblog. Lastly something not a junk, which we undergo incredibly frequently. The web site is lovingly serviced and saved as much as date. So it must be, thanks for sharing this with us.

  11. Thanks so much for providing individuals with an extraordinarily pleasant chance to read in detail from this blog. It is usually very cool and packed with amusement for me personally and my office friends to visit your blog minimum thrice a week to read through the new items you have. And lastly, we’re actually pleased with all the surprising knowledge you serve. Certain two tips on this page are in truth the best we’ve ever had.

  12. What I wouldnt give to have a debate with you about this. You just say so many things that come from nowhere that Im fairly certain Id have a fair shot. Your blog is wonderful visually, I mean people wont be bored. But others who can see past the videos and the layout wont be so impressed with your generic understanding of this topic.

  13. Everything is very open with a really clear description of the challenges. It was truly informative. Your website is very useful. Thanks for sharing!

  14. This may be the correct weblog for everyone who wants to be made aware of this topic. You know a whole lot its nearly hard to argue along (not that When i would want…HaHa). You definitely put a different spin using a topic thats been discussed for many years. Great stuff, just great!

  15. Very nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed surfing around your blog posts. In any case I will be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again soon!

  16. I really appreciate this post. I have been looking everywhere for this! Thank goodness I found it on Bing. You’ve made my day! Thank you again!

  17. I just was in essence really pleased to not mention delighted thinking of that We the sensation from debating while using guide of foreign folks, maybe even picked English tongue for helping many people correct after they recognized ordinarily the chatting worry. I just was in essence even specifically enthusiastic when currency.

  18. Do you mind if I quote a couple of your posts as long as I provide credit and sources back to your website? My website is in the exact same area of interest as yours and my visitors would certainly benefit from a lot of the information you provide here. Please let me know if this alright with you. Appreciate it!

  19. I would like to thnkx for the efforts you have put in writing this blog. I am hoping the same high-grade web site post from you in the upcoming as well. In fact your creative writing skills has encouraged me to get my own web site now. Actually the blogging is spreading its wings quickly. Your write up is a good example of it.

  20. There a few interesting points over time here but I don’t know if I see them all center to heart. There exists some validity but Let me take hold opinion until I look into it further. Very good post , thanks and now we want more! Included with FeedBurner at the same time

  21. I blog quite often and I truly appreciate your content. This great article has truly peaked my interest. I’m going to bookmark your website and keep checking for new details about once a week. I opted in for your Feed too.

  22. Hello! I just wish to supply a enormous thumbs up with the great information you may have here for this post. I am returning to your blog for more soon.

  23. Thank you for another informative web site. The place else could I get that type of info written in such an ideal method? I’ve a mission that I am simply now operating on, and I have been on the look out for such info.

  24. Hey very nice web site!! Man .. Excellent .. Amazing .. I’ll bookmark your blog and take the feeds also…I’m happy to find numerous useful information here in the post, we need develop more strategies in this regard, thanks for sharing. . . . . .

  25. Good day! Do you know if they make any plugins to assist with Search Engine Optimization? I’m trying to get my blog to rank for some targeted keywords but I’m not seeing very good results. If you know of any please share. Cheers!

  26. I definitely wanted to post a small message so as to express gratitude to you for some of the amazing tips you are placing on this site. My extensive internet investigation has at the end of the day been paid with incredibly good details to talk about with my relatives. I would declare that we website visitors actually are truly fortunate to dwell in a fabulous site with so many outstanding individuals with useful things. I feel rather fortunate to have come across your webpages and look forward to some more amazing moments reading here. Thank you again for all the details.

  27. Superb read, I just passed this onto a friend who was doing a little analysis on that. And he really bought me lunch because I discovered it for him smile So let me rephrase that: Thanks for lunch!

  28. Great post. I was checking constantly this blog and I’m impressed! Extremely useful info particularly the last part I care for such info a lot. I was seeking this certain info for a long time. Thank you and best of luck.

  29. Appreciating the persistence you’d put in to the blog – Gulvafslibning | Kurt Gulvmand as well as in depth information you present… It’s good to come upon a different blog once in a while that is not similar unwanted re-written material. Great read. I’ve bookmarked your blog post and I’m adding your Rss feeds to my Bing address … FYI what about Egypt wonderful tv news…

  30. I like the helpful info you provide in your articles. I will bookmark your blog and check again here regularly. I am quite sure I will learn plenty of new stuff right here! Good luck for the next!

  31. There are incredibly lots of details like that take into consideration. This is a excellent point to raise up. I provide you with the thoughts above as general inspiration but clearly you will discover questions like the one you mention in which the most critical factor will probably be doing work in honest great faith. I don?t determine if recommendations have emerged about such things as that, but Almost certainly your job is clearly identified as a fair game. Both boys and girls have the impact of merely a moment’s pleasure, for the rest of their lives.

  32. Hello my friend! I want to say that this post is awesome, nice written and include almost all vital infos. I’d like to see more posts like this.

  33. I have not checked in here for a while since I thought it was getting boring, but the last few posts are great quality so I guess I’ll add you back to my everyday bloglist. You deserve it my friend 🙂

  34. This site was… how do you say it? Relevant!! Finally I have found something that helped me. Cheers.

  35. Nice post. I learn something totally new and challenging on blogs I stumbleupon on a daily basis. It’s always helpful to read content from other authors and use a little something from other web sites.

  36. Greetings! Very helpful advice in this particular post! It’s the little changes which will make the biggest changes. Thanks a lot for sharing!

  37. you are really a just right webmaster. The web site loading velocity is amazing. It sort of feels that you’re doing any distinctive trick. Also, The contents are masterwork. you’ve performed a excellent job in this matter!

  38. May I simply just say what a relief to find somebody who truly understands what they’re talking about on the net. You certainly understand how to bring an issue to light and make it important. More people really need to look at this and understand this side of your story. I can’t believe you aren’t more popular since you definitely possess the gift.

  39. You’re so cool! I do not think I have read through a single thing like that before. So wonderful to find another person with a few original thoughts on this topic. Really.. many thanks for starting this up. This web site is something that’s needed on the internet, someone with some originality.

  40. Oh my goodness! Incredible article dude! Thanks, However I am going through problems with your RSS. I don’t know the reason why I am unable to join it. Is there anyone else getting identical RSS issues? Anyone who knows the answer can you kindly respond? Thanks!

  41. Good site you’ve got here.. It’s difficult to find quality writing like yours these days. I really appreciate individuals like you! Take care!!

  42. Good post. I learn something new and challenging on websites I stumbleupon on a daily basis. It will always be useful to read through content from other authors and use a little something from their web sites.

  43. I’m not that much of a internet reader to be honest but your sites really nice, keep it up! I’ll go ahead and bookmark your site to come back in the future. Many thanks

  44. I have to thank you for the efforts you have put in penning this website. I really hope to see the same high-grade content by you in the future as well. In truth, your creative writing abilities has inspired me to get my very own site now 😉

  45. You are so awesome! I do not suppose I have read something like that before. So wonderful to discover somebody with unique thoughts on this topic. Really.. thanks for starting this up. This site is one thing that’s needed on the internet, someone with a bit of originality.

  46. Hi! I could have sworn I’ve visited this web site before but after going through many of the articles I realized it’s new to me. Anyhow, I’m definitely happy I discovered it and I’ll be book-marking it and checking back regularly!

  47. Nice post. I learn something totally new and challenging on sites I stumbleupon everyday. It’s always interesting to read articles from other writers and practice a little something from their sites.

  48. I seriously love your site.. Very nice colors & theme. Did you make this amazing site yourself? Please reply back as I’m wanting to create my own site and would love to know where you got this from or exactly what the theme is named. Appreciate it!

  49. I’m extremely pleased to uncover this page. I need to to thank you for your time for this particularly wonderful read!! I definitely really liked every little bit of it and I have you saved as a favorite to look at new stuff on your web site.

  50. An impressive share! I’ve just forwarded this onto a coworker who had been conducting a little homework on this. And he in fact ordered me lunch due to the fact that I stumbled upon it for him… lol. So let me reword this…. Thank YOU for the meal!! But yeah, thanx for spending some time to discuss this subject here on your website.

  51. Howdy, I do think your site might be having internet browser compatibility issues. When I look at your blog in Safari, it looks fine however, when opening in IE, it has some overlapping issues. I simply wanted to give you a quick heads up! Other than that, great website.

  52. I would like to thank you for the efforts you’ve put in penning this website. I am hoping to see the same high-grade blog posts by you later on as well. In fact, your creative writing abilities has motivated me to get my own, personal site now 😉

  53. I really love your site.. Pleasant colors & theme. Did you build this web site yourself? Please reply back as I’m wanting to create my own personal blog and want to find out where you got this from or what the theme is named. Cheers!

  54. Way cool! Some very valid points! I appreciate you writing this write-up and also the rest of the website is very good.

  55. Aw, this was an extremely good post. Taking a few minutes and actual effort to create a really good article… but what can I say… I put things off a lot and never seem to get nearly anything done.

  56. I really like looking through a post that can make people think. Also, thank you for allowing me to comment.

  57. You have made some good points there. I looked on the web to learn more about the issue and found most people will go along with your views on this website.

  58. Oh my goodness! Incredible article dude! Many thanks, However I am encountering problems with your RSS. I don’t know why I am unable to join it. Is there anybody else having identical RSS problems? Anyone that knows the answer will you kindly respond? Thanx!

  59. You made some decent points there. I looked on the net for more information about the issue and found most people will go along with your views on this site.

  60. After I originally left a comment I appear to have clicked the -Notify me when new comments are added- checkbox and from now on each time a comment is added I get four emails with the same comment. There has to be a way you can remove me from that service? Kudos.

  61. Next time I read a blog, I hope that it doesn’t disappoint me just as much as this one. After all, Yes, it was my choice to read, however I actually thought you’d have something helpful to say. All I hear is a bunch of moaning about something you could possibly fix if you weren’t too busy looking for attention.

  62. Can I simply say what a relief to uncover someone who truly understands what they are talking about online. You actually realize how to bring a problem to light and make it important. More people really need to look at this and understand this side of your story. I was surprised you aren’t more popular given that you definitely possess the gift.

  63. Everything is very open with a clear explanation of the challenges. It was truly informative. Your website is extremely helpful. Many thanks for sharing.

  64. Everything is very open with a clear description of the challenges. It was definitely informative. Your site is extremely helpful. Thanks for sharing!

  65. It’s difficult to find well-informed people in this particular topic, however, you sound like you know what you’re talking about! Thanks

  66. Oh my goodness! Incredible article dude! Thank you so much, However I am encountering issues with your RSS. I don’t know why I cannot join it. Is there anyone else having the same RSS problems? Anyone that knows the answer can you kindly respond? Thanks!!

  67. Spot on with this write-up, I truly feel this amazing site needs a great deal more attention. I’ll probably be back again to read more, thanks for the information!

  68. I was more than happy to discover this web site. I want to to thank you for ones time for this particularly fantastic read!! I definitely enjoyed every part of it and i also have you book marked to look at new things on your website.

Schreibe einen Kommentar

Deine E-Mail-Adresse wird nicht veröffentlicht. Erforderliche Felder sind mit * markiert.

Diese Website verwendet Akismet, um Spam zu reduzieren. Erfahre mehr darüber, wie deine Kommentardaten verarbeitet werden.