Nanoparticle in the Workplace
Project Information
| Principal Investigator | Mark Hoover |
| Institution | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| Project URL | View |
| Relevance to Implications | High |
| Class of Nanomaterial | Engineered Nanomaterials |
| Impact Sector | Human Health |
| Broad Research Categories |
Exposure Generation, Dispersion, Transformation etc. Safety Control Characterization Risk Assessment |
| NNI identifier | d5-2 |
Funding Information
| Country | USA |
| Anticipated Total Funding | $400,000.00 |
| Annual Funding | $133,333.33 |
| Funding Source | NIOSH |
| Funding Mechanism | |
| Funding Sector | |
| Start Year | 2004 |
| Anticipated End Year | 2007 |
Abstract/Summary
The scope of the NIOSH Nanoparticles in the Workplace project is to foster the development of partnerships, exposure monitoring instrumentation, operational protocols, and a comprehensive and detailed database of nanoparticles and their properties. These activities are intended to provide NIOSH and the occupational safety and health community with a better understanding of the nature and extent of potential occupational exposures to nanoparticles. The results from these activities are expected to foster the development of comprehensive and scientifically sound occupational health protection strategies for emerging nanotechnologies. This work also supports NIOSH toxicology studies of nanomaterials. This project will enable NIOSH and the nanotechnology industries to better anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control potential occupational exposure to nanoparticles during their manufacturing and use.
(Project budget is an estimate only, based on available data)
