Assessing and Managing Exposures to Nanomaterials in the Workplace

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• Personal Author:
  Park JY ; Peters TM ; Ramachandran G ; Raynor PC
• Description:
  This chapter presents a strategy for assessing exposures to nanomaterials in the workplace. First, a general strategy to assess exposures to hazardous agents in the workplace is presented and discussed in the context of the considerable uncertainties introduced by nanotechnology and nanomaterials. These uncertainties include the importance of different routes of exposure, selection of appropriate occupational exposure limits, and choice of appropriate instrumentation to measure exposures. The last section provides a "best-practices" strategy for exposure assessment in the nanotechnology industry, taking these uncertainties into account, and leverages current knowledge on toxicology, epidemiology, and instrumentation. An emphasis is placed on airborne exposures, but the principles presented apply to other routes of exposures as well. This strategy includes concentration mapping as part of the basic characterization of the workplace, the proper identification and validation of similarly exposed groups of workers, and the development of ad hoc occupational exposure limits to effectively and efficiently manage exposures even with a modest level of resources. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Hazardous Substances Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Airborne Particles Author Keywords: Nanoparticle Exposure Assessment Exposure Limits Exposure Management Hazard Identification Instrumentation For Nanoparticles Nanomaterials Nanotechnology Occupational Exposure Routes Of Exposure Similarly Exposed Groups Strategy

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• ISBN:
  9780323353236
• Publisher:
  William Andrew
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  21-44
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064118
• Citation:
  Assessing nanoparticle risks to human health, 2nd edition. Ramachandran G, ed. Oxford: William Andrew, 2016 Feb; :21-44
• Editor(s):
  Ramachandran G
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Assessing nanoparticle risks to human health, 2nd edition
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1125741d3c0cdde8d6e6253b046ead75685364148f722723e73898195172d82117e2e6944234a6b1e11128e8c99d104f39f258167d8e712eb6f837d3f28e3538
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222634/cdc_222634_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 779.32 KB ]