Nanotechnology

Nanoscale particles are already being used in the electronic, magnetic and optoelectronic, biomedical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, energy, catalytic and materials industries.

Dealing with submicroscopic health hazards is nothing new to industrial hygiene, but now, "the next industrial revolution" of nanotechnology presents many workplace health and safety concerns. As nanotechnology-related industries grow, more than 4 million people in the United States are expected  to be exposed to nanometer-diameter particles on a regular basis—twice the level of people exposed to this technology today.

Get information on the host of monitoring and protective strategies already in place and learn what might be in store for the future of IH and nanotechnology. 

Education 

• Search for nanotechnology-related education opportunities available at AIHce, the premier conference for OEHS professionals.
• Search for nanotechnology sessions and professional development courses at the Professional Conference on Industrial Hygiene.
• Look for nanotechnology-related meetings, courses, and conferences (including non-AIHA events) through our AIHA Activities Calendar and meetings listing.
• Learn more about nanotechnology through abstracts from past AIHce sessions (abstracts from 1996–2003 are Members Only content). Audiotapes of selected sessions are also available.

• Look for AIHA products related to nanotechnology by searching the AIHA Marketplace.
• AIHA Member Discount! Search more than 220,000 OHS-related abstracts for information on nanotechnology.
• Search for articles on nanotechnology in The Synergist’s back issue indexes.  

Experts

• Visit the Nanotechnology Working Group homepage

Outside Links

• International Council of Nanotechnology 
• EPA White Paper
• The International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) Review of Safety Practices in the Nanotechnology Industry
• ASTM Committee E56 on Nanotechnology
• ANSI solicits participation for proposed new Technical Advisory Group for ISO Technical Committee on Nanotechnnologies (TC 229). 
• NIOSH Nanotechnology Page
• Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering (U.K.) Study on Nanotechnology
• National Nanotechnology Initiative
• NNI Links to Nanotechnology Resources
• ANSI Nanotechnology Standards Panel
• The U.K. Health and Safety Executive: "Nanoparticles: An Occupational Hygiene Review."
• Food and Drug Administration Nanotechnology Website
• Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies
• Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
• Chemical Industry Vision
• European Commission
• EPA: Nanotechnology Research Topics
• EPA: Nanotechnology Factsheet
• Northwestern University Institute for Nanotechnology
• The Institute of Nanotechnology
• European Nanotechnology Gateway
• Foresight Nanotech Institute
• NIEHS OPPE Factsheet #03 - July 2003
• National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
• Health & Safety Executive
• Occupational Safety & Health/Environmental Practices

Funding Opportunities 

• National Center for Environmental Research