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 Richard
C. Pleus, Ph.D., Director
Intertox is pleased to provide the third edition of our 2007 Nanotechnology EHS newsletter. We are dedicated to providing relevant and current information regarding environmental health and safety (EHS) risks associated with nanoparticles, nanomaterials, and processes of nanotechnology.
This newsletter will guide you to the most important developing news and information in this rapidly expanding field.
Intertox has developed a nanotechnology EHS team to address issues that may impact public health, including EHS, legal and worker safety concerns, and risk management. We are involved with numerous projects in this quickly developing field and are ready to assist consumers, businesses, agencies, researchers, and policy-makers that need access to current and relevant publications, news, and events.
Intertox is currently involved with many projects and committees regarding the field of nanotechnology. We actively support current regulatory EHS developments, and have made numerous presentations on nanotechnology at conferences across the country. The EHS related projects we are currently working on include assessments of consumer products, lifespan of nanomaterials, and occupational exposures. Our clients range from consulting services to large multi-national corporations. On top of these exciting projects, Intertox is currently assisting in the development of science-based guidelines and standards related to nanotechnology EHS through our membership and participation with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Technical Advisory Group.
Let us know how we can help to keep you better informed of the emerging developments concerning nanotechnology. We can provide timely, informed assessments of this information and its potential impact on your business or agency. Also, please e-mail us your feedback, as we welcome your comments and suggestions about how we might improve this service. If you wish to be deleted from distribution of future newsletters, please click here.
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Stories 
Africa
"Africa: Nanotechnology Could Improve Health, Water in Developing Nations"
Cheryl Pellerin, All Africa, March 5, 2007
Asia
"Besides offering numerous advantages nanotechnology has some disadvantages too, and this is what’s causing concern for the U.N."
NewswireToday, March 7, 2007
Europe
"Government 'failing' nanoscience"
Jonathan Fildes, BBC News, March 28, 2007
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Stories
NanoBusiness 2007
nanobusiness.org, New York Marriott Marquis Times Square, April 15-17, 2007
Nanotoxicology 2007
Informaworld, NSan Servolo, Venice, Italy, April 19-21, 2007
2007 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show - Nanotech 2007 - 10th Annual
NSTI, Santa Clara Convention Center May 20-24, 2007
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Nanotechnology and Life Cycle Assessment: Synthesis of Results Obtained at a Workshop in Washington, DC, October 2-3 2006
Global Risk Network, March 20, 2007
Environmental Defense - DuPont Nanorisk Framework[PDF]
Environmental Defense - DuPont Nano Partnership, February 26, 2007
Beneath the Skin: Hidden Liabilities,Market Risk andDrivers of Changein the Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Industry[PDF]
Tim Little, Sanford Lewis, Pamela Lundquist, Investor Environmental Health Network, February 20, 2007
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Linkov, I., Satterstrom, K., Steevens, J., Ferguson, E., Pleus, R. 2007, in press. Multi-criteria Decision Analysis and Nanotechnology. Journal of Nanoparticle Research.
Priestly BG, Harford AJ, and Sim MR. 2007. Nanotechnology: a promising new technology--but how safe? Med J Aust 186 (4):187-8.
Service RF. 2007. U.S. nanotechnology. Health and safety research slated for sizable gains. Science 315 (5814):926.
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