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Nanotechnology: A Progress Report on Understanding Occupational Safety and Health Issues
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February 28 2007, 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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ont color="gray">Wednesday, February 28, 2007 • 12:30 P.M. – 1:30 P.M.
Woodrow Wilson Center • 5th Floor Conference Room • Lunch Available at 12:00 NOON
*** Paul Schulte Presentation
The earliest and most extensive exposures to engineered nanoparticles are most likely to occur in the workplace. In fact, such exposures are already taking place.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is mandated by law to conduct research and develop guidance on worker safety and health. With limited resources over the past two years, NIOSH—working in collaboration with partners in other federal agencies, countries, academia, industry, labor, and NGOs—has been conducting research and developing guidance to address the occupational safety and health of workers exposed to nanomaterials.
Dr. Paul A. Schulte of NIOSH will discuss what progress has been made in understanding and preventing work-related injuries and illnesses potentially caused by nanoparticles and nanomaterials, drawing on the new NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center Progress Report, released in January 2007. Dr. Andrew Maynard will moderate the session.
Speakers:
*** Dr. Paul A. Schulte, DIRECTOR, Education and Information Division, and COORDINATOR, Nanotechnology Research Program, National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
*** Dr. Andrew Maynard, CHIEF SCIENCE ADVISOR, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies; Moderator
Nanotechnology is the ability to measure, see, manipulate and manufacture things usually between 1 and 100 nanometers (nm). A nanometer is one billionth of a meter. A human hair is roughly 100,000 nanometers wide. The limit of the human eye’s capacity to see without a microscope is about 10,000 nm.
The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies is an initiative launched by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and The Pew Charitable Trusts in 2005. It is dedicated to helping business, government and the public anticipate and manage possible health and environmental implications of nanotechnology.
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