Nanoinventory: manufactured nanoparticles in Swiss industries and the potential for human exposures
Project Information
| Principal Investigator | Michael Riediker |
| Institution | Head of Research group "Particles and Health", Institute for Work and Health, (Institut universitaire romand de Santé au Travail), Université Lausanne + Université Genève, Switzerland |
| Project URL | View |
| Relevance to Implications | High |
| Class of Nanomaterial | Engineered Nanomaterials |
| Impact Sector | Human Health |
| Broad Research Categories |
Exposure Risk Management |
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Funding Information
| Country | Switzerland |
| Anticipated Total Funding | $278,683.00 |
| Annual Funding | $92,894.33 |
| Funding Source | Swiss (SUVA, OFSP, OFEV, SECO) and French authorities (AFSSET), and Institut universitaire romand de Santé au Travail |
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| Start Year | 2005 |
| Anticipated End Year | 2008 |
Abstract/Summary
The principal aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence and extent of nanoparticle applications in the Swiss industry as well as the potential for exposure to manufactured nanoparticles of the Swiss working population. A representative questionnaire-based survey of Swiss companies will be used to create a nano-inventory that will contain the number of companies in different industrial branches using or producing nanoparticles, the type of particles used, and the number of potentially exposed employees. This information will be combined with data about protection measures for humans and the aquatic and atmospheric environment, and with exposure profiles of typical workplaces to estimate the potential exposure of the Swiss working population to nanoparticles. The data collected during this study will be useful for targeting prevention efforts, for designing research projects investigating the health of potentially exposed workers and for environmental risk assessments.
