ABSTRACT
Species Juliane Ventura-Lima,1,2 Alessandra Martins da Rocha,1
Nanotechnology has been developing rapidly in the last few years and, as a consequence, nanomaterials (NM) already are being used in several commercial products. As NM possess extremely low dimensions (up to 100 nm), they present a high surface/volume relationship, making possible their application in cosmetics, foods, medicine and electronics, among others (Wang et al. 2011). Owing to increased production and applications of NM, the aquatic environment is a potential sink and the exposure of these NM with aquatic biota is expected. In this context, some questions arise: (a) Do
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas - Fisiologia Animal Comparada, Universidade Federal de Rio Grande – FURG, Rio Grande, Brasil. 2Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rio Grande, Brasil. 3Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú. *Corresponding author: josemmonserrat@pesquisador.cnpq.br
NM have the potential to induce toxicological effects in aquatic organisms? and (b) what are the toxicity mechanisms elicited by these NM?
