Timing, hosts and locations of (grouped) events of NanoImpactNet

NanoSafetyCluster - Compendium 2012
20 DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET DTU Denmark
21 BASF SE BASF Germany
22 FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER
ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V
23 BERGBAU BERUFSGENOSSENSCHAFT IGF-
BGRCI
Fraunhofer Germany
24 INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE IOM UK
25 EUROPEAN VIRTUAL INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATED RISK
MANAGEMENT
Germany
EU-VRi Germany
26 LUNDS UNIVERSITET LU Sweden
Content
1 Introduction ................................................................................ 86
2 Project summary ........................................................................ 86
3 Scientific and technological objectives of the NANODEVICE
project ......................................................................................... 86
4 Summary preliminary results ..................................................... 87
1 Introduction
The motive of the NANODEVICE project is based on the lack of
knowledge of the health effects of the widely used engineered
nanoparticles (ENP) and on the shortage of field-worthy, costeffective
ways - especially in real time - for reliable assessment
of exposure levels to ENP in workplace air.
2 Project summary
Due to their unique properties, engineered nanoparticles (ENP)
are now used for a myriad of novel applications with great
economic and technological importance. However, some of
these properties, especially their surface reactivity, have raised
health concerns, which have prompted scientists, regulators,
and industry to seek consensus protocols for the safe
production and us of the different forms of ENP.
There is currently a shortage of field-worthy, cost-effective ways
- especially in real time - for reliable assessment of exposure
levels to ENP in workplace air. In addition to the problems with
the size distribution, a major uncertainty in the safety
assessment of airborne ENP arises from the lack of knowledge
of their physical and chemical properties, and the levels of
exposure. A special challenge of ENP monitoring is to separate
ubiquitous background nanoparticles from different sources
from the ENP.
Here the main project goal is to develop innovative concepts
and reliable methods for characterizing ENP in workplace air
5 Conclusions ................................................................................ 90
6 Directory..................................................................................... 90
7 Copyright ..................................................................................... 91
with novel, portable and easy-to-use devices suitable for
workplaces.
Additional research objectives are:
1) identification of relevant physico-chemical properties and
metrics of airborne ENP, establishment of reference materials
2) exploring the association between physico-chemical and
toxicological properties of ENP
3) analyzing industrial processes as a source of ENP in workplace
air
4) developing methods for calibration and testing of the novel
devices in real and simulated exposure situations
5) dissemination of the research results to promote the safe use
of ENP through guidance, standards and education,
implementing of safety objectives in ENP production and
handling, and promotion of safety related collaborations
through an international nanosafety forum.
3 Scientific and technological objectives of
the NANODEVICE project
Engineered nanoparticles (ENP), defined as having at least one
dimension ≤100 nm, have attracted a great deal of interest
during recent years, due to their many technologically
interesting properties. The unique properties of ENP and their
applications have given birth to immense technological and
economic expectations for industries using ENP. However, some
of these properties have given rise to concern that they may be
harmful to humans. This has prompted scientists, regulators,
and the industrial representatives to investigate the features of
86 Compendium of Projects in the European NanoSafety Cluster