Nanotechnology Safety Initiative
Useful Nanotechnology Resources
Websites
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIEHS/NIH)
National Center for Toxicological Research of the Food and Drug Administration (NCTR/FDA)
National Nanotechnology Initiative
NNI Environment and Health Safety Issues
NIH Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Information
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory (NCL)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Nanotechnology Factsheet
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Rice University-Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN)
International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON)
UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
European Union Nanotechnology Gateway
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars-Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
Life Sciences Institute Health and Environment Sciences Institute
Reports
NNI Strategic Plan and FY06 budget supplement
1st Occupational Hygiene Workshop - 2004
UK Royal Society Report - 2004
UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Report on Nanoparticles - 2004
Swiss RE report-Nanotechnology-Small Matter, Many Unknowns
Erosion, Technology and Concentration (ETC) Group-Occasional Paper Series- Size Matters - 2000
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Bucher J and Colvin V (2005) Toxicology and biological interactions of nanomaterials: An overview. In: ACS Symposium Series 890: Nanotechnology and the Environment - Applications and Implications. Editors: Karn B, Masciangioli T, Zhang W, Colvin V, Alivisatos P.
Colvin V (2003) The potential environmental impact of engineered nanomaterials. Nature Biotechnology 21(10): 1166-1170.
Hood E (2004) Nanotechnology: Looking as we leap. EHP 112(13) A740-A749.
Hosapple MP, Farland W, Landry TD, et al. (2005) Research strategies for safety evaluation of nanomaterials, Part II: Toxicological and safety evaluation of nanomaterials, current challenges and data needs. Tox Sci 88(1): 12-17.
McNeil S (2005) Nanotechnology for the biologist. J Leukoc Biol 78: 585-594 Oberdörster G, Maynard A, Donaldson K, et al. (2005) Principles for characterizing the potential human health effects from exposure to nanomaterials: elements of a screening strategy. Part and Fibre Toxicol 2:8.
Oberdörster G, Oberdörster E, Oberdörster J (2005) Nanotoxicology: An emerging discipline evolving from studies of ultrafine particles. EHP 113(7): 823-839.
Thomas K and Sayre P (2005) Research strategies for safety evaluation of nanomaterials, Part 1: Evaluating the human health implications of exposure to nanoscale materials. Tox Sci 87(2): 316-321.
Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Research Publications database. Summaries (abstracts) and citations for research papers related to the EHS implications of nanoscale materials. This database is based at the International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON ) website developed initially by Dr. Tim Borges and Ms. LeeAnn Wilson at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Web page last updated on May 22, 2008