Risk assessment and mitigation of the presence of Nanomateirales in Atlantic aquaculture

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As metallic NPs present important improvements in diverse industrial applications, the frequency of their application is growing exponentially. However, the studies of risks and mitigation of the presence of NPs in the environment are lagging far behind the rate of utilisation, which represents a critical environmental and safety challenge in the Atlantic Area. The objective of NANOCULTURE is to advance in knowledge, risk assessment and mitigation of environmental presence of the most-used engineered nanoparticles (ENPs): titanium dioxide (TiO2) and silver (Ag) in market products. The focus of the project are the aquatic ecosystems related to aquaculture, specifically, the organisms for human consumption (cultured fish, molluscs, seaweed, sea urchins, etc) a sector of high economic relevance in the Atlantic Area. NANOCULTURE will investigate the effects of ENPs on aquaculture products, their bioaccumulation and assess its impact in human intake. In order to carry out this project, the collaboration of all the participating centres is essential to ensure a wide range of industrial (aquaculture professionals) and scientific profiles (analytical chemists, physical chemists, molecular biologists,) as well as providing infrastructure to run the analysis and deliver real samples from aquaculture plants.

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