Application of control banding to occupational hazard management in nanotechnology industry
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Abstract
The potential exposure risks and health hazard issues in nanotechnology industry pose a new challenge to occupational health and safety. In nanotechnology industry, different work sites might have varied exposure risks, but the adverse health effects due to occupational exposure and relevant occupational exposure limits remain being investigated. Accordingly, state-of-art risk management strategy should be implemented in nanotechnology. Among them, control banding has merit in dealing with uncertainty, has progressed for almost 20 years in global occupational hygiene, and is a quantitative and/or semi-quantitative risk assessment and management strategy for occupational hazards. The discovery and development of nanotechnology-oriented control banding may not only provide scientific evidence for occupational hygiene, but also instruct occupational health surveillance.
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