The Measurement and Control of Workplace Nanomaterials
Project Information
| Principal Investigator | Doug Evans |
| Institution | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| Project URL | View |
| Relevance to Implications | High |
| Class of Nanomaterial | Engineered Nanomaterials |
| Impact Sector | Safety |
| Broad Research Categories |
Exposure Hazard Response Safety Control |
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Funding Information
| Country | USA |
| Anticipated Total Funding | n/a |
| Annual Funding | n/a |
| Funding Source | NIOSH |
| Funding Mechanism | Intramural |
| Funding Sector | Government |
| Start Year | 2006 |
| Anticipated End Year | 2009 |
Abstract/Summary
The current version of this project was initiated in FY 2006 to address key research gaps in the NIOSH, CDC-NORA, and NIOSH-NTRC research portfolios on engineered nanomaterials. A shift in focus of a previous NTRC-approved and funded projects (An Ultrafine Particle Intervention Study in Automotive Production Plants, approved February 2005) was made following suggestions from the NIOSH-NTRC steering committee (the funding source of this research). This project will provide a fundamental basis for understanding how nanomaterials are released and dispersed into the workplace, demonstrate the way nanomaterials can be monitored, and the way nanomaterial exposure can be controlled. Furthermore, this work provides NIOSH with the tools for making recommendations for reducing workersÂ’ exposures to nanomaterials.
