Nano to goRaising awareness in material science and startup enterprises
Dr. Rolf Packroff , Dr. Aart Rouw, Dr. Aline Reichow Federal Insti tute for Occupati onal Safety and Health (BAuA, Ger)
8th EU/US Joint Conference on Health and Safety at WorkFort Worth, Texas, 17 – 19 September 2016
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Practical guideline: Nano to go! (BAuA, 2015)
supplementary items:useful information, templates and examples
field measurement reports: expert assessment of safety and health at different workplaces, combining measurements and non-measurement methods
training material: presentations in train-the-trainer format
all available for download: www.baua.de/nanoToGo
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Nano-to-go
• guidance for workplace risk management based on the EU CAD directive (98/24/EC)
• Target groups:• material scientists in universities,
reseach institutes, startups• health and safety professionals,
HSE manager in SME • OSH inspectors
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Manual Nano to Go!
Contains a brochure, a flyer and a USB stick
USB stick:‒ Brochure ‒ Seven presentations‒ Four field studies‒ Six supplementary documents
available for download
www.baua.de/nanoToGowww.nanosafetycluster.eu/nanoToGowww.nanovalid.eu/nanoToGo
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Brochure: Guidance for Risk Management
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Field studies
• Silica-particles in pilot plant
• CNTs in pilot plant • ZnO-particles in
laboratory• CNTs in laboratory
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pics: 1 - Christof Asbach (IUTA), 2 and 4 – nanofibre test center (BAuA), 3 - Aart Rouw (BAuA)
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Slides for information and training
The complex world of nanomaterials Basics of nanotoxicology Information gathering Risk assessment and efficiency control Derivation of control strategies Ways to approach nanomaterial
toxicology Basics on chemical regulation
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Supplementary documents
Short introductory view on “Safety Management and Nano Material”
Operating instruction (blank form and example)
Sampling protocol (blank form) Dialogue guide – questions for field
studies (blank form) SOP for laboratory practice (example)
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• Praktical guidelines for nanomaterials at work (2014)• employers, health and safety professionals• workers• follows a control banding approach for risk management
• „NANO TO GO“ for start-ups and research institutions in material science (2015)
Guidance based on the EU Chemical Agents Directive 98/24/EC N
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BAuA research agenda 2020: Advanced materials
• concepts und methods for an early detection of hazards and risks• prinziples for „safety by design"• adequate OSH in an early stage of material innovation• build-up of a systematic consultation of institutions and start-up enterprises
in material science
safe and sustainable development
• approved safe and standardised working procedures• adaption of REACH information and testing requirements to health risks from
respirable biopersistent particles• good information along supply chains
safe use in life-cycle
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Application safety of advanced materials and products
•safe material design to avoid hazardous properties
direct application safety
• safe product design to avoid release of particles
integrated application safety
• safe workplace design to avoid health and environmental risks
supported application safety
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http://doc.utwente.nl/95996/1/thesis_A_Reichow.pdf
How can we support start-ups in the development of safe and sustainable advanced materials?
Good Governance needs trust
→ Collaboration in governance-networks • sharing resources• generating new knowledge • developing rules for the safe development
of (certain) nanomaterials
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Existing networks
Individual actors(Start-ups, scientists, regulators etc.)
Setting up new network (BAuA as central „network manager“)
Proposal for a supporting structure for the safe and sustainable development of nano-scale and other advanced materials
Evaluation
Project start: November 2015Duration (initially): 4 years
Project aims:Develop robust concept in form of supporting structure for startups:
1. prepare fulfilling relevant legal obligations (REACH, OSH) 2. enable contribution to regulatory process (“soft” to
“hard(ened)” regulation → legal certainty)
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Projects “Safe nanocarbons“
• in-vivo studies on selected advanced nanocarbons (SWCNT, MWCNT, CNH, graphene, ...)
Mode of toxic action of nanocarbons (started, 2015 – 18)
• i.a. improvement of new methods for determination of fibre rigidity
Dustiness and particle morphology of nanocarbons (started, 2015 – 2018)
• Determination of potential for release and toxicological assessment of respirable particles and fibres in different working processes
Safety in life-cycle of nanocarbons (planned)
• Proposal for an amendment of current recommendation BekGS 527 „Manufactured nanomaterials“, i.a. „nanocarbon map“, „risk matrix“
Risk management map for handling nanocarbons at the workplace (planned)
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Thank you for your attention!
Subsequent questions:
More informations:
www.baua.de/de/nanotechnology