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Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World 59,
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Chapter 9
Impact of Nanomaterials on the Food
Chain
Hadi Ebrahimnejad, Neda Eskandarzade, Rozita Kabiri, and Elahe Moeini
Contents
9.1 Preface
230
9.2 Naturally Occurring Nanomaterials in Food
232
9.3 Contamination of Food-Associated Ecosystems with Nanomaterials
233
9.4 Uptake, Bioaccumulation, and Biomagnification of Nanomaterials in Food
235
9.5 Food Industry Welcomes Nanomaterials
236
9.6 Nanomaterials as Regulatory Tools in Agri-Food Systems
238
9.7 Nanomaterial Toxicity in Food Animals and Plants
240
9.8 Conclusions and Outlooks
241
References
242
Abstract
Background/Issues
The applications of nanoscience and nanotechnology in agriculture and food sector
are relatively recent. Substantial acquisitions due to the effects of nanomaterials in
these fields have expanded their usage. Intriguingly, nanomaterials demonstrate several biological complications in studies. Hence, the recent entrance of this technology into the human food chain has arisen concerns.
H. Ebrahimnejad (*)
Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid
Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
e-mail: Ebrahimnejad@uk.ac.ir
N. Eskandarzade
Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of
Kerman, Kerman, Iran
e-mail: Eskandarzade@uk.ac.ir
R. Kabiri
Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran
E. Moeini
Department of Food Hygiene and Quality Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to
Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
V. Kumar et al. (eds.), Nanotoxicology and Nanoecotoxicology Vol. 1,
Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World 59,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63241-0_9
Chapter 9
Impact of Nanomaterials on the Food
Chain
Hadi Ebrahimnejad, Neda Eskandarzade, Rozita Kabiri, and Elahe Moeini
Contents
9.1 Preface
230
9.2 Naturally Occurring Nanomaterials in Food
232
9.3 Contamination of Food-Associated Ecosystems with Nanomaterials
233
9.4 Uptake, Bioaccumulation, and Biomagnification of Nanomaterials in Food
235
9.5 Food Industry Welcomes Nanomaterials
236
9.6 Nanomaterials as Regulatory Tools in Agri-Food Systems
238
9.7 Nanomaterial Toxicity in Food Animals and Plants
240
9.8 Conclusions and Outlooks
241
References
242
Abstract
Background/Issues
The applications of nanoscience and nanotechnology in agriculture and food sector
are relatively recent. Substantial acquisitions due to the effects of nanomaterials in
these fields have expanded their usage. Intriguingly, nanomaterials demonstrate several biological complications in studies. Hence, the recent entrance of this technology into the human food chain has arisen concerns.
H. Ebrahimnejad (*)
Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid
Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
e-mail: Ebrahimnejad@uk.ac.ir
N. Eskandarzade
Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of
Kerman, Kerman, Iran
e-mail: Eskandarzade@uk.ac.ir
R. Kabiri
Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran
E. Moeini
Department of Food Hygiene and Quality Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran