Other Resources
NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Program
Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) Program
NIOSH conducts Health Hazard Evaluations (HHEs) to find out whether there are health hazards to employees caused by exposures or conditions in the workplace, including concerns related to nanotechnology. NIOSH responds to requests for evaluations of workplace health hazards from employers, employees and their representatives, and government agencies. Upon completion of the evaluation, NIOSH issues a report that includes recommendations for addressing identified problems, reducing exposure, and preventing disease.
US Government Resources
National Nanotechnology Initiative
External link: http://www.nano.gov
NNI is a federal R&D program established to coordinate the multiagency efforts in nanoscale science, engineering, and technology.
The National Nanotechnology Initiative Strategic Plan
External link: http://www.nano.gov/NNI_Strategic_Plan_2004.pdf
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This document contains the vision, goals and plans for specific activities to be accomplished by the 22 agencies participating in the NNI.
National Cancer Institute - Office of Technology and Industrial Relations
External Link: http://otir.nci.nih.gov/
Features the brochure "Cancer Nanotechnology - Going Small for Big Advances."
Particulate Matter Research Activities
External link: http://www.pmra.org/
This website is being developed to assist in particulate matter research, and to support the activities of the National Research Council Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter. The site is run by HEI and EPA, but covers industry and academia as well as government activities.
Non-Government Resources
Nanomaterials in the Workplace: Policy and Planning Workshop on Occupational Safety and Health. A report by the RAND Corporation for NIOSH
External Link: http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF227/
Nanotechnology and Nanoscience. A joint study between the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering
External link: http://www.nanotec.org.uk/
Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN), Rice University
External link: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~cben
CBEN focuses on research at the interface between "dry" nanomaterials and aqueous media such as biology and the environment.
BIA-Workshop Report: "Ultrafine aerosols at workplaces"
External link: http://www.hvbg.de/e/bia/pub/rep/rep04/bia0703.html
Information from the workshop regarding medical aspects, toxicology of ultrafine particles/epidemiology, physics of ultrafine particles/measurement technology, ultrafine aerosols at industrial workplaces, and discussions on whether exposure limit values should be introduced.
Nanoparticles: An occupational hygiene review
External Link: http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr274.htm
Provides information on routes, sources, and and levels of nanoparticle exposure, control measures, trends, more...
International Council On Nanotechnology (ICON)
External Link: http://icon.rice.edu/
A partnership for Nanotechnolgy stewardship and sustainablilty.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
External Link: http://www.wilsoncenter.org
Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST) links about Nanotechnology
External Link: http://www.irsst.qc.ca/en/_categorie_liens_100001.html
IRSST is a private, non-profit scientific research organization based in Quebec.
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