safety – TechConnect Briefs

Air Pollution Mitigation Technology

Chaganti V., Cheruvu M., Akshara Yantra, US

Particulate Matter (PM2.5 and PM10), and Greenhouse gases contribute to major pollution and climate change. Worldwide governments are implementing changes to cutdown the pollution producing sources and greenhouse gases. Can this change take place completely [...]

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 [...]

Protecting the nanotechnology workforce: a new protocol for characterization of filter-captured nanomaterials from occupational exposure assessments

Neu-Baker N., Smith D., Segrave A., Beach J., Zurbenko I., Dunn K., Brenner S., SUNY Polytechnic Institute Colleges of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, US

The nanotechnology workforce is growing along with the rapid commercialization of nanotechnology, with an estimated 6 million workers by 2020;1 however, risk assessment for nanotechnology workers is still in its infancy because occupational exposure assessment [...]

Demonstrating the Safety of Cellulose Nanomaterials – high performance bio-based materials

Shatkin J., Ong K., Ede J., Vireo Advisors, LLC, US

There is significant interest in the commercialization of cellulose nanomaterials (CN) in a breadth of application categories from packaging & construction materials to transportation, food, electronics and consumer products. Each application triggers regulatory requirements, from [...]

Prevention through Design Concepts for Sustainable Development of Nanomaterials

Hodson L.L., Geraci C.L., NIOSH, US

Nanotechnology has the potential to provide great benefit to society, but it must be developed responsibly. This responsibility involves addressing any adverse human and environmental impacts of the technology associated with engineered nanomaterials. Workers are [...]

Prevention through Design Concepts for Sustainable Development of Nanomaterials

Hodson L.L., Geraci C.L., NIOSH, US

Nanotechnology has the potential to provide great benefit to society, but it must be developed responsibly. This responsibility involves addressing any adverse human and environmental impacts of the technology associated with engineered nanomaterials. Workers are [...]

Printed Gas Sensors for the Trillion Sensor Universe

Stetter E.F., Stetter J.R., Stetter E.F., Stetter J.R., Findlay M., Patel V., KWJ Engineering Inc. & SPEC Sensors LLC, US

Estimates predict that within a few years, we will need trillions of sensors to match the global development of wireless communications and computation. Chemical and gas sensors are an integral part of this need for [...]

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 [...]

Effects of CdTe QDs on protein structural changes

Ma X., Liang X., Liu L., Hu X., Fan J., Northwest University, CN

The nano-scale material, quantum dots (QDs), has been widely used in biological labels, imaging of fixed cells and tissues due to their excellent properties, such as small size, large surface area, good photostability, and negligible [...]

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 [...]