Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety

Risks, Regulation and Management

By
  • Matthew Hull
  • Diana Bowman

Hardbound, 352 Pages

Published: November 2009

Imprint: William Andrew

ISBN: 978-0-8155-1586-9

Contents

  • SECTION 1: Risks: What are Some of the Risks?

    1. Toxicological studies with nanoscale materials
    2. Are we willing to heed the lessons of the past? Nanomaterials and Australia's asbestos legacy

    SECTION 2: Regulation: How are they Currently Regulated?

    3. Global perspectives on the oversight of nanotechnologies
    4. A nanotechnology legal framework

    SECTION 3: Management: What is Being Done to Manage them?

    5. Nanotechnology risk management: An insurance industry perspective
    6. Industry-led initiative for occupational health and safety
    7. Nanotechnology risk management and small business: A case study on the nanosafe framework
    8. A case study of a nanoscale-research facility safety through design and operation

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