Additional Resources

Environment, Health and Safety Research

General

• The Project Goes Carbon Neutral
  The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Strives to Reduce Emissions - and Goes Carbon Neutral

• PODCAST: Trips to the Nanofrontier
  Given the incredible promise of the fast emerging field—and the billions in public and private investment that it has attracted—the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) launched today a new series of NanoFrontiers newsletters and podcasts focused on progress toward exciting applications on the horizons of nanotechnology. Intended to encourage broader public understanding of nanotechnology, both will be available regularly on this website.

• Nanotech Now Blog Column

• PODCAST: Consumer Products Using Nanotechnology
  Nano on the Market: Consumer Products Using Nanotechnology podcast from the SmallTalk Podcast series produced by the Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA

• Project Internships
  Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Internship Announcement

Journal Articles

• Nanotechnology: The next big thing, or much ado about nothing? Maynard, A., D. (2006). “Nanotechnology: The next big thing, or much ado about nothing?” Ann. Occup. Hyg. doi: 10.1093/annhyg/mel071.

• Airborne Nanostructured Particles and Occupational Health
  Maynard, A. D. and E. D. Kuempel (2005). “Airborne nanostructured particles and occupational health.” Journal Of Nanoparticle Research 7(6): 587-614.

Complimentary Databases

• International Council On Nanotechnology (ICON)
  Database of peer-reviewed papers on environmental health and safety research on incidental and engineered nanomaterials.

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  Nanoparticle Information Library (NIL).

• RAND Radius
  Research and development database.

Information on Current Research

• ORC Worldwide Nanotechnology Consensus Workplace Safety Guidelines
  This table offers a selection of peer-reviewed Health, Safety & Environment (HS&E) tools and reference materials that may be useful to practitioners involved in deployment of nanotechnology

• American Bar Association - Nanotech Section
  “The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER) is pleased to make available the results of a comprehensive review of the core federal environmental statutes to assess the suitability of each to address issues pertinent to human health and the environment arising from applications of nanotechnology”

• Approaches to Safe Nanotechnology: An Information Exchange with NIOSH
  This document reviews what is currently known about nanoparticle toxicity and control, but it is only a starting point. The document serves as 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 ensure that no worker suffers material impairment of safety or health as nanotechnology develops. Opportunities to provide feedback and information are available throughout this document

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  National Center for Environmental Research Science To Achieve Results (STAR) grants and cooperative agreements.

• Nanotechnology in the European Union

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  Current research on ultrafine particles and engineered nanomaterials.

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP) database.

• National Science Foundation (NSF)
  Database of research awards.

• Safety of nano-materials Interdisciplinary Research Center (SnIRC)

• UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
  Research projects directory.