Category Archives: Nanotechnology Safety

Nanotechnology Safety focuses on areas that address the development of safe procedures, understanding of material properties, and establishing realistic controls.

Nanotoxicity is NOT Nano-Safety

There are a number of comments and articles currently floating around that push the importance of Nanotoxicity.  First, I will raise my typical question.  Why does anyone care [..]

Nanotechnology Risk Management, Nanotechnology Safety

NANO – BOO! Be afraid, be very afraid

This blog is on how some people try to raise fear about things nano.  The title of this blog is inspired by Karl Schwarz in a response to [..]

Nanotechnology Risk Management, Nanotechnology Safety

Development of Nanotechnology Safety Education Courses – Part 2

This week is a follow up to the previous blog, which covered the development of the introductory course for Nanotechnology Safety education.  This course is the advanced course [..]

Nanotechnology Education, Nanotechnology Safety

Development of Nanotechnology Safety Education Courses – Part 1

Development of Nanotechnology Safety Education Courses – Part 1 The next award for two nanotechnology safety courses was made by the National Science Foundation [NSF] to Texas State [..]

Nanotechnology Education, Nanotechnology Safety

Handling of Nanomaterials

Unfortunately, there currently is not a site or an authority that you can go to and find the proper methods for handling nanomaterials.  We don’t know the properties [..]

Nanotechnology Risk Management, Nanotechnology Safety

Nano-Safety

Nano-Safety What is safety with respect to nanotechnology?  In the simplest terms, it is the development, manufacture, application, and control of nanomaterials in a manner that minimizes potential [..]

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