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Session: Public Health and Nanotechnology Policy Development
3024.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Public Health and Nanotechnology Policy Development
By 2030 the nanotech industry is predicted to converge with biotechnology and information technology to produce nanomachines that can self replicate, perform cellular functions in the human body, and create new materials by combining non-biological materials with biological materials. Some scientist warn that environmental damage caused by the chemicals released from the microelectronics industry will be dwarfed by the type of environmental damage that can be caused by nanoparticles that aim to manipulate and atomically alter the fundamental building blocks of nature. This session will explore public health concerns and new models for national, local and international policy development for the emerging nanotechnologies.
Learning Objectives: 1) Provide overview of nanotechnology and human health impacts. 2) Introduce APHA members to challenges in environmental health regulatory systems. 3) Discuss new paradigm for protecting human health and the environment in the development of emerging technologies.
Moderator(s):Aditi Vaidya, MPH
8:30 AMChallenges of Nanotechnology and a Voluntary Regulatory System  [ Recorded presentation ]
Jennifer Sass
8:45 AMComparison of health impacts in early microelectronics industry and health risk in nanotechnologies
Sheila Davis
9:00 AMNanotechnology and a Precautionary Approach by Local Government
Debbie Raphael
9:15 AMNanotechnology and International Health Concerns
Beverly Thorpe
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Environment
Endorsed by:Occupational Health and Safety
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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