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Scoping Advanced Manufacturing: Implications for Occupational Safety and Health

Pomeroy-Carter C.A., Geraci C.L., Tinkle S.S., IDA, US

The term advanced manufacturing has been used to capture recent technology-enabled changes in manufacturing, incorporating elements such as “the use and coordination of information, automation, computation, software, sensing, and networking” and the “use of cutting [...]

Health and Safety Screening of Advanced Materials: A User Interface for Test Design Selection and Documentation

Kennedy A.J., Brame J., Wood M., Rycroft T., Poda A., Diamond S., Chappell M., Shih W-S, Panchal V., US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, US

The novel properties of advanced materials (AdMs), including nanomaterials (NMs), offer opportunities to improve conventional materials and create new material applications. However, these same properties may place AdMs into a high risk prioritization category within [...]

Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems for the Safe Commercialization of Nano-enabled Products

Heidel D., Segrave A., Baker J., Bureau Veritas North America, US

The value of an occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS) approach for the safe synthesis of engineered nanoparticles and safe commercialization of nano-enabled products will be presented. An OHSMS framework integrates continual H&S improvement [...]

Diagnosis of Skin Health Conditions Using Gold Nanoparticles

Panigrahi S., Murugesan K., Biswas S.C., ITC LTD, IN

This study reports a novel non-invasive technique for the detection of skin health conditions using gold nanoparticles (GNP). The feasibility of the use of these GNP in the diagnosis of skin health conditions was non-invasively [...]

Advancement of the GoodNanoGuide: A compendium of best practices for the global nanotechnology community

Sreniawski M.J., Harper B.J., Harper S.L., Harper B.J., Harper S.L., Oregon State University, US

The GoodNanoGuide project is an internet-based wiki that was conceived to meet the needs of global nanotechnology stakeholders (Kulinowski and Jaffe, 2009). The GoodNanoGuide was designed to facilitate translation of disparate nanoEHS research into practical [...]

Nanoparticle Release from Polymer Nanocomposites Used for Potable Water Infrastructure and Food Packaging: Current Progress & Beyond

Whelton A.J., Duncan T.V., Koontz J.L., Nguyen T., University of South Alabama, US

Engineered nanoparticles (ENP) are increasingly being integrated into polymeric infrastructure and food packaging materials worldwide. ENPs can improve product strength, extend infrastructure service life, and increase a polymer’s antimicrobial resistance and oxygen barrier properties. While [...]

Integrating the Triple Bottom Line of Sustainability with Life Cycle Environmental Assessments for Military Non-Lethal Technologies

Saulters O., Green R., Kansas State University, US

The Non-lethal Environmental Evaluation and Remediation Consortium, comprised of M2 Technologies, Kansas State University, and CABEM Technologies, performs environmental research, training, assessment, and product development for the Department of Defense. The NEER Consortium addresses complex [...]

Global and Regional Respiratory Health and Cleantech

Buttz A., SME, US

This investigation considers the impact of Global Warming on environmental regional air quality and its relationship to the global epidemiology of allergic disease. As environmental air quaity drastically decreased in the past two centuries, particularly [...]

Nanotechnology and the Water Market: Applications and Health Effects

Mowat F.S., Tsuji J., Exponent, US

Nanotechnology has an enormous potential for creating cost-effective, simple, and efficient tools for addressing water supply challenges, while preventing the creation of potentially toxic by-products. Applications include water disinfection and filtration, real-time and remote monitoring, [...]

A Framework for Responsible Nanotechnology

Walsh S., Medley T., Environmental Defense, US

Environmental Defense, an environmental advocacy organization, and DuPont, a science company, have developed a comprehensive, practical, and flexible framework for evaluating and addressing the potential risks of nanoscale materials. The draft framework is available for [...]