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Tweet[IWS] NIOSH: NANOTECHNOLOGY FAQs (Worker Safety) & NEW PARTNERSHIP [26 July 2005]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
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Just the FAQs: Answering Your Questions About NIOSH Research on Nanotechnology
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/faq.html
NIOSH has developed a new web topic page addressing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding nanotechnology. The topic page answers basic questions, defines nanotechnology, identifies nanomaterials, addresses the worker health effects, and outlines the NIOSH research program.
PLEASE NOTE: The NEW NIOSH PARTNERSHIP concerning NANOTECHNOLOGY
SnIRC With a Nano-sized n A New NIOSH Partnership
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/newsarchive.html#snirc
NIOSH is a founding partner of the Safety of Nanomaterials Interdisciplinary Collaboration (SnIRC), a new initiative based in the United Kingdom. The goals of the collaboration are to raise awareness about issues of nanotechnology, health, and the environment; generate new research; and integrate U.K. research with corresponding studies in other European countries and the U.S. A web site describing the goals, composition, and activities of the collaboration is posted at http://www.snirc.org/index.html.
The new collaboration responds to a recommendation in the 2004 report of the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering, "Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies: opportunities and uncertainties." http://www.nanotec.org.uk/ The report recommended that Research Councils UK a partnership of the eight U.K. research centers created by royal charters establish an interdisciplinary center to lead scientific research on issues that are key for understanding human and environmental exposures to nanomaterials.
SnIRC also builds on pre-existing collaborations between NIOSH and eminent nanotechnology research programs at the Institute of Occupational Medicine in Edinburgh, Napier University, Aberdeen University, and Edinburgh University. NIOSH is pleased to be a partner in this new initiative to foster international teamwork for scientific research on nanotechnology and occupational health. A number of NIOSH projects address the specific aims of SnIRC, including research into the characterization and potential health implications of engineered nanomaterials. The new partnership will help NIOSH to maintain awareness of, and to participate in, international developments related to its areas of study.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
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Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
Just the FAQs: Answering Your Questions About NIOSH Research on Nanotechnology
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/faq.html
NIOSH has developed a new web topic page addressing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding nanotechnology. The topic page answers basic questions, defines nanotechnology, identifies nanomaterials, addresses the worker health effects, and outlines the NIOSH research program.
PLEASE NOTE: The NEW NIOSH PARTNERSHIP concerning NANOTECHNOLOGY
SnIRC With a Nano-sized n A New NIOSH Partnership
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/newsarchive.html#snirc
NIOSH is a founding partner of the Safety of Nanomaterials Interdisciplinary Collaboration (SnIRC), a new initiative based in the United Kingdom. The goals of the collaboration are to raise awareness about issues of nanotechnology, health, and the environment; generate new research; and integrate U.K. research with corresponding studies in other European countries and the U.S. A web site describing the goals, composition, and activities of the collaboration is posted at http://www.snirc.org/index.html.
The new collaboration responds to a recommendation in the 2004 report of the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering, "Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies: opportunities and uncertainties." http://www.nanotec.org.uk/ The report recommended that Research Councils UK a partnership of the eight U.K. research centers created by royal charters establish an interdisciplinary center to lead scientific research on issues that are key for understanding human and environmental exposures to nanomaterials.
SnIRC also builds on pre-existing collaborations between NIOSH and eminent nanotechnology research programs at the Institute of Occupational Medicine in Edinburgh, Napier University, Aberdeen University, and Edinburgh University. NIOSH is pleased to be a partner in this new initiative to foster international teamwork for scientific research on nanotechnology and occupational health. A number of NIOSH projects address the specific aims of SnIRC, including research into the characterization and potential health implications of engineered nanomaterials. The new partnership will help NIOSH to maintain awareness of, and to participate in, international developments related to its areas of study.
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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