Genotoxicity of Nanomaterials in Food

Nanomaterials are finding applications in the fields of food, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, catalytic industry, electronics and cosmetics. The use of nanomaterials in industries are widely appreciated due to their unique properties. Nonetheless, beside benefits, some nanomaterials are toxic. Nanomaterial Toxicity is often due to particular toxicokinetic and toxicodynamic properties, catalytic functions and inflammatory potential. Diverse genotoxic effects have been identified using different types of genotoxicity tests.