Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2015, 17(2):109-114 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2015.2.109-114

Nanotechnology Safety as a New Challenge for Occupational Health and Safety

Pavel Danihelka1, Martie Van Tongeren2, Lucie Sikorova3, Tana Brzicova1
1 Laboratory of Risk Research and Management, Faculty of Safety Engineering, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic
2 Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
3 Department of Occupational and Process Safety, Faculty of Safety Engineering, VSB-TU Ostrava, Czech Republic

Nanotechnology as a key enabling technology offers great potential for economy and society, but may also bring new threats to workers´ health due to new aspects of hazard, ways of transport, nanoparticles transformation and accumulation. Even if principal paradigms of classical toxicology are probably applicable to nanostructured materials, important gaps still exist. One of the most important topics to be developed is the occupational exposure assessment with special attention paid to the exposure measurement and exposure scenarios building. This article brings insight into the state-of-the-art of the nanotechnology safety and analyses key needs in this new safety domain.

Keywords: nanomaterials; nanotechnologies; risk management; occupational health and safety

Published: May 31, 2015  Show citation

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Danihelka, P., Van Tongeren, M., Sikorova, L., & Brzicova, T. (2015). Nanotechnology Safety as a New Challenge for Occupational Health and Safety. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 17(2), 109-114. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2015.2.109-114
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