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Nanotechnology Research Center Anniversary. To celebrate our 20th anniversary, NIOSH has developed a series of blogs and videos highlighting the accomplishments and future directions of the NTRC. We also hosted a Health and Safety Summit at the University of Cincinnati on October 9-10, 2024 (Nanotechnology day).
NIOSH conducts nanotechnology research and develops methods to control or eliminate exposures to nanoparticles. Nanoparticles are extremely small particles (between 1 and 100 nanometers) designed to have certain new or unique characteristics, like strength, elasticity, or reactivity.
Nanotechnology has the power not only to improve existing technologies, but to dramatically enhance the effective - ness of new applications. Research on the potential applications of nanotechnology continues to expand rapidly worldwide. New nanotechnology consumer products emerge at a rate of three to four per week. Over the course
Nanotechnology Research Plan for 2018–2025 as a roadmap to advance (1) understanding of nanotechnology-related toxicology and workplace exposures and (2) imple-mentation of appropriate risk management practices during the discovery, development, and com-mercialization of engineered nanomaterials along their product lifecycle.
Nanotechnology is defined as the ability to manipulate and control matter at a size of 1 to 100 nanometers. For perspective, there are one billion nanometers in 1 meter; a single sheet of paper is 100,000 nanometers thick. 1 Nanotechnology is a rapidly developing field with the potential to revolutionize countless areas of technology and industry.
As nanotechnology continues to expand into every industrial sector, workers will be at an increased risk of exposure to new nanomaterials. Today, nanomaterials are found in hundreds of products, ranging from cosmetics, to clothing, to industrial and biomedical applications.
The document serves a dual purpose: it is a summary of NIOSH’s current thinking and interim recommendations; and it is a request from NIOSH to occupational safety and health practitioners, researchers, product innovators and manufacturers, employers, workers, interest group members, and the general public to exchange information that will ...
All NIOSH Workplace Safety and Health Topics, sorted by topic name.
Both messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein subunit COVID-19 vaccines work by delivering instructions (genetic material) to your cells to start building protection against the virus that causes COVID-19.
NIOSH The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 established NIOSH as a research agency focused on the study of worker safety and health, and empowering employers and workers to create safe and healthy workplaces.