Overview
- An overview of recent developments toward assessment and management of hazards and risks associated with engineered nanomaterials
- An interdisciplinary approach to nanotechnology and occupational health
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Special Focus: Nanoparticles and Occupational Health
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Back Matter
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About this book
Nanotechnology is rapidly invading many aspects of modern society - from science, research and engineering to industrial and commercial applications and, inevitably, to man and his environment. One of the biggest challenges, therefore, is managing environmental, health and safety risks of nanomaterials. Yet, the information necessary to assess their long term effects is scarce. Systematic research into what potentially makes engineered nanomaterials hazardous, how this translates into risk, and how these can be managed will be vital and involves interdisciplinary collaboration.
The first International Symposium on Nanotechnology and Occupational Health, in 2004, brought together hygienists, manufacturers, toxicologists, materials scientists, regulators and researchers. It pointed the way to what needs to be done. The second International Symposium, 2005, Minneapolis, Minnesota, demonstrated the power and potential where there is a will: with nearly three times as many attendants, and with contributions from academics, industry, policymakers, non-government organizations and even lawyers, this second symposium established that, while there is international concern over how to ensure safe nanotech-workplaces, there is also progress being made in developing the required knowledge.
This volume, a reprint from a special issue of the Journal of Nanoparticle Research, mainly draws from work presented at the 2005 symposium, diverse but united by the need for a holistic view of nanotechnology and risk.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nanoparticles and Occupational Health
Editors: Andrew D. Maynard, David Y. H. Pui
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5859-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5858-5Published: 29 January 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7461-4Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5859-2Published: 06 April 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 185
Additional Information: Reprinted from JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH, 9:1, February 2007
Topics: Nanotechnology, Materials Science, general, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine