Characterization and Communication of Chemical Hazards
Project Information
| Principal Investigator | Pam Drake |
| Institution | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| Project URL | View |
| Relevance to Implications | Substantial |
| Class of Nanomaterial | Incidental Nanomaterials |
| Impact Sector | Human Health |
| Broad Research Categories |
Characterization Risk Assessment |
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Funding Information
| Country | USA |
| Anticipated Total Funding | n/a |
| Annual Funding | n/a |
| Funding Source | NIOSH |
| Funding Mechanism | Intramural |
| Funding Sector | Government |
| Start Year | 2004 |
| Anticipated End Year | 2009 |
Abstract/Summary
This project has three distinct goals: (1) to characterize workersÂ’ exposures to various chemical hazards; (2) to develop new analytical methods; and (3) to communicate the health effects associated with exposure to chemicals to workers. Much of the work is tailored to requests for technical assistance from industrial (mining) stakeholders. For this reason the work has naturally evolved to focus on exposures to such hazards as welding fumes, blasting fumes, and metal bearing aerosols. In some cases the aerosols include nanomaterial and in that regard this project has become one which has a nanomaterial component.
