Accelerator Safety Workshop 2008

Patty Hunt, PE, CIHJennifer Williams, CHMM

The Best Of….Nanomaterial Safety

Agenda

• Health Effects

• Medical Surveillance

• Industrial Hygiene Monitoring – hands on

• Controls

• Waste Disposal Issues

• HSS Review Summary

Information Sources

• 2008 Nanomaterial Safety SymposiumArgonne National Laboratory http://nano.anl.gov/events/enm/index.html

• DOE Nanomaterial Science Research Centers (NSRC) Approach Document May 2008 http://orise.orau.gov/ihos/Nanotechnology/files/NSRCMay12.pdf

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) - Nanoparticle Emission Assessment Technique (NEAT)

• Office of Health, Safety, Security (HSS) Special Review of Nanoscale Material Activities at Department of Energy Laboratories 2008

Direct Read Monitoring

Active Air Monitoring

SEM & TEM

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Courtesy RJ Lee Group

from Linse et al., 2007; image from Colvin and Kulinowski, 2007

Courtesy RJ Lee Group