3059.0 Nanotechnology and Worker Health: Setting Policy Direction in a World of Unknowns

Monday, October 29, 2012: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
Organizer:
Ozlem Ersin, PhD, MBA
Moderator:
Ozlem H. Ersin, PhD, MBA

8:30am
A union perspective: Nanomaterial exposures in the automotive industry and recent regulatory developments
Darius D. Sivin, PhD
8:45am
Campus nano: Protecting the health of workers in and near academic research laboratories
Özlem H. Ersin, PhD, MBA, MEd, MBS
     
9:00am
Protecting workers in nanotechnology: Legal protections and regulatory issues
Suzanne Marria, JD
     
9:15am
Nanotechnology: What is it ? What are the opportunities and challenges?
Meyya Meyyappan, PhD
9:30am
Assessment of environmental and biological interactions of nanomaterials
Michele Ostraat, PhD
     
9:45am
Challenges in evaluating nanoparticle occupational exposures
Kenneth Martinez, CIH, MSEE
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Occupational Health and Safety
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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