title: Achieving Control of Occupational Exposures to Engineered Nanomaterials.
abstract: Occupational exposures resulting from Engineered Nanomaterials (ENMs) can pose a challenge for applying traditional risk assessment, control, or evaluation standards. This article discusses the limitations in traditional risk management approaches when it comes to ENM exposures, reviews current monitoring options, and suggests an interim management framework until research can meet the standard of evidence required by legislators. The proposed Nanomaterial Occupational Exposure Management Model (NOEM) offers a pragmatic approach that integrates resources from current academic research to provide a framework that can be applied by both industry and regulators. The NOEM Model focuses on addressing three concerns to exposure management: Risk Assessment, Exposure Control, and Exposure Monitoring. The resources supported for meeting these three components involve the integration of the Control Banding Nanotool and Nano Reference Values, both of which have been piloted and accepted through peer-reviewed processes and industry consultation.
authors: a Ryerson University, School of Occupational and Public Health , Toronto , Ontario , Canada.
authors: Amanda
authors: A
authors: Juric
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Meldrum
authors: Eric N
authors: EN
authors: Liberda
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000592:standards; D016272:Occupational Health; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012308:Risk Management
keywords: exposure assessment; framework; nano; nanomaterial; occupational