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Management of nanomaterials safety in research environment

Overview of attention for article published in Particle and Fibre Toxicology, December 2010
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Title
Management of nanomaterials safety in research environment
Published in
Particle and Fibre Toxicology, December 2010
DOI 10.1186/1743-8977-7-40
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Authors

Amela Groso, Alke Petri-Fink, Arnaud Magrez, Michael Riediker, Thierry Meyer

Abstract

Despite numerous discussions, workshops, reviews and reports about responsible development of nanotechnology, information describing health and environmental risk of engineered nanoparticles or nanomaterials is severely lacking and thus insufficient for completing rigorous risk assessment on their use. However, since preliminary scientific evaluations indicate that there are reasonable suspicions that activities involving nanomaterials might have damaging effects on human health; the precautionary principle must be applied. Public and private institutions as well as industries have the duty to adopt preventive and protective measures proportionate to the risk intensity and the desired level of protection. In this work, we present a practical, 'user-friendly' procedure for a university-wide safety and health management of nanomaterials, developed as a multi-stakeholder effort (government, accident insurance, researchers and experts for occupational safety and health). The process starts using a schematic decision tree that allows classifying the nano laboratory into three hazard classes similar to a control banding approach (from Nano 3--highest hazard to Nano1--lowest hazard). Classifying laboratories into risk classes would require considering actual or potential exposure to the nanomaterial as well as statistical data on health effects of exposure. Due to the fact that these data (as well as exposure limits for each individual material) are not available, risk classes could not be determined. For each hazard level we then provide a list of required risk mitigation measures (technical, organizational and personal). The target 'users' of this safety and health methodology are researchers and safety officers. They can rapidly access the precautionary hazard class of their activities and the corresponding adequate safety and health measures. We succeed in convincing scientist dealing with nano-activities that adequate safety measures and management are promoting innovation and discoveries by ensuring them a safe environment even in the case of very novel products. The proposed measures are not considered as constraints but as a support to their research. This methodology is being implemented at the Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne in over 100 research labs dealing with nanomaterials. It is our opinion that it would be useful to other research and academia institutions as well.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 1%
Colombia 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Belgium 1 <1%
Luxembourg 1 <1%
Unknown 154 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 36 22%
Researcher 33 20%
Student > Master 20 12%
Other 11 7%
Student > Bachelor 11 7%
Other 30 19%
Unknown 21 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 27 17%
Chemistry 18 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 10%
Materials Science 12 7%
Environmental Science 11 7%
Other 41 25%
Unknown 36 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 October 2022.
All research outputs
#3,839,845
of 23,746,606 outputs
Outputs from Particle and Fibre Toxicology
#139
of 584 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#24,766
of 185,109 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Particle and Fibre Toxicology
#4
of 9 outputs
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