A new book entitled Nanopathology: The Health Impact of Nanoparticles by Antonietta Gatti and Stefano Montanari sheds new light on the health impacts of nanoparticles.

Both biomaterial researchers, they have worked to refine the use of medical technology to cure diseases. However, the diagnostic findings they have made, through the use of an Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) that ‘reads’ the component elements in nanoparticle debris, have opened a new window on nanoparticle health effects. Close examination of tissue samples and the noted health problems associated, particularly cancers, were shown to coincide with the presence of nanoparticles in the margins between healthy and diseased tissue.

Antonietta Gatti is credited with making the first observations of nanoparticles in diseased tissue. Rosalie Bertell has noted that they had looked particularly closely at metallic nanoparticles created by depleted uranium (DU).

The recent development and use of nanoparticles in commercial products such as cleaning agents and cosmetics has been a matter of concern to IICPH. There are now even washing machines, fridges and air conditioners that dispense silver oxide, a known toxic, for alleged antimicrobial benefits. Such particles are often neither soluble or biodegradable.

Regulation is vital to prevent such half-truths, say the authors.

The authors think public education must be raised to demand strict regulation and mandatory labeling of all commercial products containing nanoparticles. By rights, these nanoparticles should actually be banned under the Precautionary Principle.

Reference

http://www.amazon.ca/Nanopathologies_Gatti/dp/98127055461/ref=sr_8_6