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Commentary: Oversight of engineered nanomaterials in the workplace.

机译:评论:在工作场所对工程纳米材料的监督。

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Research and business investment in emerging nanotechnologies is leading to a diverse range of new substances and products. As workers are faced with handling new materials, often with novel properties, the robustness of current workplace health and safety regulatory frameworks is being brought into question. Here, 12 characteristics of the U.S. occupational safety regulatory framework identified by Choi and Ramachandran are considered in the context of emerging nanotechnologies. The assessment suggests that, as the number of new materials entering the workplace continues to increase, OSHA will need to develop flexible approaches to identifying and reducing potential risks. Relying on conventional approaches in the face of unconventional challenges will increase the probability of otherwise avoidable heath impacts. If the potential for engineered nanomaterials to cause harm is to be understood and managed, the agency will need to look at new approaches to generating, sharing, and using information.
机译:对新兴纳米技术的研究和商业投资正在导致各种各样的新物质和新产品。随着工人面对经常具有新颖特性的处理新材料的问题,当前工作场所健康和安全监管框架的稳健性受到质疑。在本文中,Choi和Ramachandran确定了美国职业安全监管框架的12个特征,这些特征是在新兴纳米技术的背景下考虑的。该评估表明,随着进入工作场所的新材料数量的不断增加,OSHA将需要开发灵活的方法来识别和减少潜在风险。面对非常规挑战,依靠常规方法将增加原本可以避免的健康影响的可能性。如果要了解和管理工程纳米材料可能造成伤害的可能性,该机构将需要研究产生,共享和使用信息的新方法。

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