Nanoparticle exposure at nanotechnology workplaces: A review
By T. Kuhlbusch, C. Asbach, H. Fissan, Daniel Göhler, M. Stintz. Particle and Fibre Toxicology, 2011
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Risk, associated with nanomaterial use, is determined by exposure and hazard potential of these materials. Both topics cannot be evaluated absolutely independently. Realistic dose concentrations should be tested based on stringent exposure assessments for the corresponding nanomaterial taking into account also the environmental and product matrix. This review focuses on current available information from peer reviewed publications related to airborne nanomaterial exposure. Two approaches to derive realistic exposure values are differentiated and independently presented; those based on workplace measurements and the others based on simulations in laboratories. An assessment of the current available workplace measurement data using a matrix, which is related to nanomaterials and work processes, shows, that data are available on the likelihood of release and possible exposure. Laboratory studies are seen as an important complementary source of information on particle release processes and hence for possible exposure. In both cases, whether workplace measurements or laboratories studies, the issue of background particles is a major problem. From this review, major areas for future activities and focal points are identified.
Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Materials Chemistry
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Citations in the corpus
- Graphene microsheets enter cells through spontaneous membrane penetration at edge asperities and corner sites (2013, methodology): “Workplace measurements and laboratory simulations have documented the potential for human inhalation exposure to engineered nanomaterials during several steps in manufacturing processes (8).”
- Emerging patterns for engineered nanomaterials in the environment: a review of fate and toxicity studies (2014, background): “A major drawback to the current state of the art measurement devices is their lack of differentiation of background particles from ENMs (Kuhlbusch et al. 2011).”