Occupational Health Hazards of Nanoparticles

O’Shaughnessy, Patrick T.

doi:10.1002/9780470396612.ch17

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“…Despite the useful applications of nanomaterials in design, their toxic effects are a big challenge for occupational health experts (O'Shaughnessy, 2008). There are many studies that show workers in the nanotechnology‐related industries have the potential exposure to nanomaterials (Omari Shekaftik et al, 2022; Yokel & MacPhail, 2011).…”

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Benefits of nanotechnology for occupational ergonomic design: A positive step toward more protection of workers' health

Nasirzadeh

Shekaftik

Keshavarz

2023

Hum Ftrs & Erg Mfg Svc

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Nowadays, the combination of “Nanotechnology” and “Ergonomics” has been known as “Nano‐ergonomics.” Nano‐ergonomics can help to develop more comfortable conditions in workplaces. So, the aim of this study is to reveal benefits of nanotechnology for occupational health and safety design, especially ergonomic design. The search strategy was provided based on cochrane guidelines with main search terms of “Nanotechnology,” “Nanomaterial,” and “Nanoparticle” combined with “Ergonomics” and “Human Factors.” PubMed, Scopus, Web of Sciences and Google Scholar Databases were researched for relevant articles. Also, Google search engine was used to find nano‐ergonomic commercial products and to complete the research with identifying additional information. A total of 32 articles were first achieved. By providing Synthesis Without Meta‐analysis reporting guideline, finally, four studies were regarded as appropriate. The results showed that nanotechnology has developed in three major areas of ergonomics such as physical, environmental, and cognitive ergonomics, which is a positive step toward more protection of workers' health. Although, there are not any original article related to nanotechnology for ergonomic product design, they are offered as the commercial products by the largest companies such as Amazon. Also, workers at the nanotechnology‐related industries have the challenges of exposure to toxic nanomaterials. So, before the application of nanomaterials, we should have proper knowledge of nanomaterials‐caused toxic hazards and how to handle them.

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Benefits of nanotechnology for occupational ergonomic design: A positive step toward more protection of workers' health

Nasirzadeh

Shekaftik

Keshavarz

2023

Hum Ftrs & Erg Mfg Svc

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“…The literature is replete with recommendations to confi ne and contain synthetic nanoparticles by process design [66,67], during operations, during maintenance and in situations of accidental spills or potential aerosol formation [68][69][70]. Understanding ENP behaviour should make it possible to determine the most probable entry routes and thereby facilitate rational design, implementation and improvement of monitoring and control measures intended to reduce exposure via these pathways [21,41,46,71].…”

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A pilot study towards ranking occupational health risk factors emanating from engineered nanoparticles: review of a decade of literature

Fatisson¹,

Nadeau²,

Hallé³

et al. 2013

Int. J. SAFE

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As benefi cial applications of nanotechnologies in industry and medicine continue to emerge, so do new problems associated with engineered nanoparticle (ENP) production, which so far is going ahead without prior evaluation of its impact on human health and environment. Worker exposure continues to increase while no global consensus on ENP regulation has been reached. Protection of workers requires an approach to risk management properly adapted to the ENP context. Although ENP properties have been studied in depth over the past 10 years, much uncertainty continues to loom over the defi nition of the key parameters. The aim of this review of the literature was to construct a detailed list of known risks associated with ENPs from an occupational health and safety perspective. A hierarchised network of risks was thus revealed, illustrating the complexity of the system in terms of interdependence of elements of risk.

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