Approaches to safe nanotechnology: managing the health and safety concerns associated with engineered nanomaterials
USA. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NIOSH - Cincinnati
2009
86 p.
exposure assessment ; occupational safety and health ; personal protective equipment ; plant safety and health organization ; risk assessment ; safety guide ; toxicology ; nanotechnology
Safety organization
English
Bibliogr.
"This document reviews what is currently known about nanoparticle toxicity, process emissions and exposure assessment, engineering controls, and personal protective equipment. This updated version of the document incorporates some of the latest results of NIOSH research, but it is only a starting point. The document serves a dual purpose: it is a summary of NIOSH's current thinking and interim recommendations; and it is a request from NIOSH to occupational safety and health practitioners, researchers, product innovators and manufacturers, employers, workers, interest group members, and the general public to exchange information that will ensure that no worker suffers material impairment of safety or health as nanotechnology develops."
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