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Alternative Title:
Nanotoxicology
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17435390.2015.1132347
Personal Author:
Schulte, Paul A. ; Iavicoli, Ivo ; Rantanen, Jorma H. ; Dahmann, Dirk ; Iavicoli, Sergio ; ... More +
Schulte, Paul A. ; Iavicoli, Ivo ; Rantanen, Jorma H. ; Dahmann, Dirk ; Iavicoli, Sergio ; Pipke, Rüdiger ; Canu, Irina Guseva ; Boccuni, Fabio ; Ricci, Maximo ; Polci, Maria Letizia ; Sabbioni, Enrico ; Pietroiusti, Antonio ; Mantovani, Elvio Less -
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Responsible development of any technology, including nanotechnology, requires protecting workers, the first people to be exposed to the products of the technology. In the case of nanotechnology, this is difficult to achieve because in spite of early evidence raising health and safety concerns, there are uncertainties about hazards and risks. The global response to these concerns has been the issuance by authoritative agencies of precautionary guidance to strictly control exposures to engineered nanomaterials (ENMs). This commentary summarizes discussions at the "Symposium on the Health Protection of Nanomaterial Workers" held in Rome (25 and 26 February 2015). There scientists and practitioners from 11 countries took stock of what is known about hazards and risks resulting from exposure to ENMs, confirmed that uncertainties still exist, and deliberated on what it would take to conduct a global assessment of how well workers are being protected from potentially harmful exposures.
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Control Procedures
Humans
Nanostructures
Nanotechnology
Occupational Exposure
Occupational Exposure Limits
Precautionary Guidance
Risk Management
Safety
Toxicity

Source:
Nanotoxicology. 10(7):1013-1019.
Pubmed ID:
26865347
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4928025
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
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CDC Public Access
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