Nanotechnology

News & Events

This section includes information relating to the field of nanotechnology such as peer-reviewed journal articles, news articles, conferences, seminars, newsletters, proceedings, and presentations.  Check back periodically as this section will be updated as new items become available.

• Draft Interim Guidance: Medical Screening for Workers Potentially Exposed to Engineered Nanoparticles
  NIOSH is seeking public comment on a draft document: Interim Guidance on Medical Screening of Workers Potentially Exposed to Engineered Nanoparticles, through February 15, 2008. A public meeting will be held on January 30, 2008, at the Robert A. Taft Laboratory in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a forum for scientists and representatives of government agencies, industry, labor, and other stakeholders to discuss the document. The meeting will be open to the public, limited only by space available.
  
  
• NIOSH Informs, Leads Nanotechnology Actions by International Partner Organizations
  
  
• Ethical and Scientific Issues of Nanotechnology in the Workplace
  An article by Paul Schulte, Director, Education and Information Division, NIOSH, and Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics and Canadian Program on Genomics and Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives 2007, Jan; 115(1):5-12.
  
  
• Announcement by the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office: Public Meeting, January 4, 2007
  
  
• International Nanotechnology Conference Underway - NIOSH eNews December 2006
  
  
• NIOSH Update: Nanotechnology Conference on Health, Safety Issues Will Highlight Latest Findings, Guidance on Practices
  
  
• NIOSH Update: NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Notes
  
  
• Nanomaterials in the Workplace: Policy and Planning Workshop on Occupational Safety and Health
  External Link: http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF227/
  This workshop focused on policy and planning issues (as opposed to scientific issues) that are key to understanding the options available to NIOSH in formulating and implementing its strategic objectives to protect the safety and health of workers exposed to nanoscale materials.
  
  
• International Conference on Nanotechnology: Occupational and Environmental Health & Safety
  December 4-7, 2006 Cincinnati, OH
  This conference is centered on the impact of Nanotechnology on occupational and environmental health and safety from two perspectives: (1) promotion and protection of individual safety and health along the life cycle of nano-based products and (2) use of emerging technology in prevention and detection/treatment of occupational and environmental diseases.
  
  
• Nanotechnology Symposium at AIHA Conference
  External Link: http://www.aiha.org/Content/CE/aihce/aihce-nano.htm
  The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) held a day-long seminar on May 13, 2006, on issues relating to the control of potential workplace exposures in processes where nanomaterials are produced or used.
  
  
• International Symposium: Biomedical Aspects of Nano-Toxicology
  External Link: www.pitt.edu/~nanotox/index.htm
  NIOSH co-sponsored an international symposium, “Nano-Toxicology: Biomedical Aspects,” on Jan. 29-Feb. 2, 2006, in Miami, Fla.
  
  
• Second International Symposium on Nanotechnology and Occupational Health
  External Link: http://www.cce.umn.edu/conferences/nanotechnology/
  NIOSH sponsored the second International Symposium on Nanotechnology and Occupational Health, held in Minneapolis October 3-6, 2005.
  
  
• First International Symposium on Nanotechnology and Occupational Health
  In October 2004, NIOSH co-sponsored the First International Symposium on Nanotechnology and Occupational Health with the United Kingdom Health and Safety Executive. The July 1, 2005, final report from the conference is available at http://www.hsl.gov.uk/capabilities/nanosymrep_final.pdf