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quarta-feira, 30 de maio de 2012

International Study Reveals Nano Companies' Inconsistent Safety Practices


The "Journal of Nanoparticle Research" has published a study by IRG3 researchers reporting findings from an international survey of nano industry safety practices. 
Nanomaterials companies in 14 countries responded to the survey. The study  found that a majority of companies cited “lack of information” as a significant impediment to implementing nano-specific safety practices
Study findings indicate that health and safety guidance is not reaching industry effectively, and suggest that that a more top-down approach from regulators may be needed to protect both workers and the environment.
A pdf version of the full paper is available by clicking on the title below. 
By Cassandra D. Engeman, Lynn Baumgartner, Bejamin M. Carr, Allison M. Fish, John D. Meyerhofer, Terre A. Satterfield, Patricia A. Holden and Barbara Herr Harthorn
Author Information
C. D. Engeman
Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA

C. D. Engeman T. A. Satterfield B. H. Harthorn
NSF Center for Nanotechnology and Society, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA

C. D. Engeman L. Baumgartner B. M. Carr
A. M. Fish J. D. Meyerhofer T. A. Satterfield
P. A. Holden B. H. Harthorn
UC Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
L. Baumgartner B. M. Carr A. M. Fish
J. D. Meyerhofer P. A. Holden
Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA

T. A. Satterfield
Institute for Resources, the Environment, and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, AERL, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

B. H. Harthorn
Departments of Feminist Studies, Anthropology and Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA