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Safety experts ill equipped to handle nanotechnology in workplace

Published in Pharma Law Weekly, January 23rd, 2007

A strategic plan and more resources for risk research are needed now in order to ensure safe nanoworkplaces and in the future.

That is the conclusion of Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Chief Science Advisor Andrew Maynard in a new article, "Nanotechnology and Safety" in Cleanroom Technology magazine.

Last year, nanotechnology was incorporated into $30 billion in manufactured goods - a number predicted to grow to $2.6 trillion in annual manufactured goods by 2014. Already, there are almost 400 manufacturer- identified nanotechnology-based consumer products on the market - ranging from computer chips to automobile parts and from clothing to...

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