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Nano-Safety : What We Need to Know to Protect Workers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fazarro, Dominick E.
- Series:
- De Gruyter Textbook Series
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (222 pages)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2023.
- Summary:
- Nanotechnology safety is the practice of handling engineered nanomaterials in production and manufacturing. Good practice consists of understanding and interpreting Material Safety Data Sheets, behaving safely when working with yet unknown nanomaterials, understanding health effects, and proactively creating safety measures against potential hazards. This book addresses nanotechnology risk management.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Preface 2nd Ed
- Contents
- About the Editors
- List of Contributing Authors
- 1 The World of Nanotechnology
- 2 The World of Engineering Nanomaterials
- 3 The Importance of Safety for Manufacturing Nanomaterials
- 4 Safety Approaches to Handling Engineered Nanomaterials
- 5 Certification: Validating Workers' Competence in Nano-safety
- 6 Understanding the Implications of Material Unknowns
- 7 What is Considered Reliable Information?
- 8 Ethics and Communication: The Essence of Human Behavior
- 9 Behavior-Based Worker Safety for Engineered Nanomaterials
- 10 The Future of Nanotechnology Safety
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9783110781830
- 3110781832
- OCLC:
- 1415896784
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