AT - Nanotrust - dossiers on OSH aspects of nanotechnology and nanotoxicology 01.02.2012
The NanoTrust project of the Institute of Technology Assessment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences is sponsored by the Federal Ministry for Transport, Technology and Innovation. These pages set out information on possible health and environmental risks and on societal aspects of nanotechnologies.
The dossiers are a brief summary. NanoTrust also organises workshops.
The calculation of exposure dose of nanoparticles is especially relevant for risk assessment and setting exposure limit values for these substances and giving recommendations on OASH prevention. A recent overview document sets out to provide a short overview of the relationship of exposure, dose and dose-effect and explains why this information is needed to assess the health effects of nanoparticles, and where there are still gaps in knowledge. The document also discusses the application of different concepts of toxicology (intrinsic effects, morphological effects, (e.g. of fibrous carcinogenic materials), as for the area of nanotoxicology surface reactivity may be one of the relevant effects.
Read the document (in German).
An overview document presents updated information on OSH aspects of the use of nanomaterials. It covers measurement, exposures and provides links to guidance documents from the Austrian labour inspection and from the social security organisations. The labour inspection guide provides a procedure to be applied at workplaces and links to guidance sheets for different tasks and work procedures that may involve exposure to nanomaterials.
Read the AT labour inspection guide (in German).
Read the social security guide (in German).
