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Nanotechnology for environmental remediation: Current issues and guidance for managing occupational and non-occupational health risks to engineered nanoparticles
Keywords: engineered nanoparticles, nanoinformatics, health and safety, remediation
Epidemiology
Occupational health and safety
Public health or related research
Learning Objectives:
Describe current practices of nano-enhanced remediation from the local, national and international perspectives
Evaluate information needs of local, state and federal government agencies in relation to their health and safety oversight functions of nanotechnology in general, and nano-enhanced environmental remediation in particular.
Discuss limitations and strengths of the current state of information collection, collation and synthesis to support local, state and federal agencies in the regulatory work to protect worker and public health and safety against exposure to engineered nanoparticles (ENPs).
Propose safe and sustainable practices and guidelines for handling ENPs during environmental remediation
Keywords: Occupational Exposure, Environmental Exposures
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Laws and Regulations. I am also a Principal Investigator of two current projects on nanotechnology in relation to exposures and occupational and non-occupational health exposure aspects
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.