Nanomaterials Are In Our Food – Are They Safe? | An Expert Explains
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
How are nanomaterials being used around us – and what are the potential risks? Khara D. Grieger, an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Environmental Health and Risk Assessment at North Carolina State University, joins us to discuss this intriguing topic.
With a Ph.D. in environmental engineering, Khara is interested in unpacking the uses and risks of nanotechnology in agriculture and food production. Drawing from her extensive knowledge of risk assessment, risk management, and stakeholder engagement, her research is truly ahead of its time…
In this episode, we cover:
- The range of nanomaterials that are being developed and used in food and agricultural products.
- Examples of engineered nanomaterials.
- Food additives that may be detrimental to health, and why companies keep using them.
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Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/30PvU9C
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| 0:37.4 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:41.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast. |
| 0:42.4 | I have Dr. Cara Greger. |
| 0:46.8 | She's currently an assistant professor and an extension specialist in environmental health and risk assessment. |
| 0:48.4 | We're going to talk about her work with various stakeholders that has to deal with |
| 0:53.0 | anatomy materials that are used in food and agricultural sectors and how they affect the environment. So, Kara, thank you for coming. Thank you very much. Thanks for having me. Oh, and I didn't mention you're at North Carolina State University. Is that correct? Yes, that's correct. NC State. Okay. Well, if you were, tell me a bit about your background and then your current research. |
| 1:11.2 | Sure. I'd be happy to. Thanks. So for my background, I actually have a PhD and environmental |
| 1:16.3 | engineering where I've focused on understanding risks of engineered nanomaterials and ways that we |
| 1:24.8 | can understand these risks that often have uncertainty associated with them. |
| 1:30.1 | At that time, I was at the Technical University of Denmark outside of Copenhagen, |
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