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Workshop: Introduction to Environmental and Health Aspects of Nanotechnology
Introduction to Environmental and Health Aspects of Nanotechnology
A half day educational workshop presented by the Society for Risk Analysis.
Instructors: Jo Anne Shatkin, CLF Ventures and Bernadene Magnuson, Cantox Health Sciences International
December 7, 2008 Boston, MA, 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm.
This half day course is intended for individuals interested in an introduction to potential environmental risk concerns raised by introducing nanotechnology into society and the economy.
This course will provide participants with an overview of the emerging concerns regarding nanotechnology and nanomaterials and impacts for occupational and public health and the environment.. The course introduces the topics of nanotechnology, nanotoxicology, environmental aspects of nanotechnology, and addresses ethical, legal, societal and regulatory perspectives. Through lectures and interactive sessions, participants will obtain a knowledge base for understanding the exposure, human health, and safety issues for nanomaterials and nanotechnologies and the potential impacts for workers, consumers, stakeholders, and the environment.
Nanotechnology is the understanding and control of matter at dimensions of roughly 1 to 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications. Nanotechnology is emerging in all economic sectors, including: energy, medicine, food technology, imaging, manufacturing, electronics and air and water purification. Some of the current and potential future materials and technologies have the potential for significant impacts on health and the environment. This course introduces participants to the technological basis of nanoscale phenomena, the current and potential future uses of nanotechnology, explores the breadth of issues raised for health and the environment, and implications of current research and gaps on regulatory policy and societal impacts.
At the conclusion of this course, the participants will have gained insights into (1) Key concerns regarding nanotechnology risks for employees, the public, and the environment; (2) Characteristics and properties of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies; (3) Nanotoxicology: state-of-the-science regarding the toxicity of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies; (4) Environmental aspects of nanotechnology; and (5) Risk assessment and risk management issues for nanomaterials and nanotechnologies.
Instructors
Jo Anne Shatkin, Ph.D. Managing Director, CLF Ventures, Inc. Jo Anne Shatkin is a recognized expert in environmental aspects of nanotechnology, human health risk assessment and technical communications. She recently founded and currently chairs the Emerging Nanoscale Materials Specialty (EMNMS) Group of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA). This international network of risk professionals affords direct access to governmental, non-governmental, industrial and academic colleagues working on nanotechnology risk issues in the U.S., E.U., and Japan. Dr. Shatkin is a member of the Canadian Council of Academies expert committee on nanotechnology. Her forthcoming book, Nanotechnology: Health and Environmental Risks, will be published in 2008. .
Dr. Bernadene Magnuson is a senior scientist and regulatory consultant with Cantox Health Sciences International and Associate adjunct professor of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto. She is a food toxicologist, with expertise in safety assessments of food and dietary supplement ingredients and contaminants. Dr. Magnuson has previously worked in the food industry and was a faculty member in food and nutrition at the University of Maryland before joining Cantox. She has published over 40 research papers and book chapters on diet and colon cancer, and food toxicology. She is actively involved in nanotechnology and food safety specialty groups of both the Institute of Food Technology and the Society of Toxicology, and is leading efforts to address issues facing the food industry in the adoption of this promising new technology. Dr. Magnuson is also Associate Editor of Food Analytical Methods and member of the editorial board of the Journal of Food Protection, as well as a reviewer for many other scientific journals.
For more information, contact Jo Anne Shatkin (jashatkin@clf.org)
To register, sign up for Workshop WK12-PM at http://www.sra.org/events_2008_meeting.php
A half day educational workshop presented by the Society for Risk Analysis.
Instructors: Jo Anne Shatkin, CLF Ventures and Bernadene Magnuson, Cantox Health Sciences International
December 7, 2008 Boston, MA, 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm.
This half day course is intended for individuals interested in an introduction to potential environmental risk concerns raised by introducing nanotechnology into society and the economy.
This course will provide participants with an overview of the emerging concerns regarding nanotechnology and nanomaterials and impacts for occupational and public health and the environment.. The course introduces the topics of nanotechnology, nanotoxicology, environmental aspects of nanotechnology, and addresses ethical, legal, societal and regulatory perspectives. Through lectures and interactive sessions, participants will obtain a knowledge base for understanding the exposure, human health, and safety issues for nanomaterials and nanotechnologies and the potential impacts for workers, consumers, stakeholders, and the environment.
Nanotechnology is the understanding and control of matter at dimensions of roughly 1 to 100 nanometers, where unique phenomena enable novel applications. Nanotechnology is emerging in all economic sectors, including: energy, medicine, food technology, imaging, manufacturing, electronics and air and water purification. Some of the current and potential future materials and technologies have the potential for significant impacts on health and the environment. This course introduces participants to the technological basis of nanoscale phenomena, the current and potential future uses of nanotechnology, explores the breadth of issues raised for health and the environment, and implications of current research and gaps on regulatory policy and societal impacts.
At the conclusion of this course, the participants will have gained insights into (1) Key concerns regarding nanotechnology risks for employees, the public, and the environment; (2) Characteristics and properties of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies; (3) Nanotoxicology: state-of-the-science regarding the toxicity of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies; (4) Environmental aspects of nanotechnology; and (5) Risk assessment and risk management issues for nanomaterials and nanotechnologies.
Instructors
Jo Anne Shatkin, Ph.D. Managing Director, CLF Ventures, Inc. Jo Anne Shatkin is a recognized expert in environmental aspects of nanotechnology, human health risk assessment and technical communications. She recently founded and currently chairs the Emerging Nanoscale Materials Specialty (EMNMS) Group of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA). This international network of risk professionals affords direct access to governmental, non-governmental, industrial and academic colleagues working on nanotechnology risk issues in the U.S., E.U., and Japan. Dr. Shatkin is a member of the Canadian Council of Academies expert committee on nanotechnology. Her forthcoming book, Nanotechnology: Health and Environmental Risks, will be published in 2008. .
Dr. Bernadene Magnuson is a senior scientist and regulatory consultant with Cantox Health Sciences International and Associate adjunct professor of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto. She is a food toxicologist, with expertise in safety assessments of food and dietary supplement ingredients and contaminants. Dr. Magnuson has previously worked in the food industry and was a faculty member in food and nutrition at the University of Maryland before joining Cantox. She has published over 40 research papers and book chapters on diet and colon cancer, and food toxicology. She is actively involved in nanotechnology and food safety specialty groups of both the Institute of Food Technology and the Society of Toxicology, and is leading efforts to address issues facing the food industry in the adoption of this promising new technology. Dr. Magnuson is also Associate Editor of Food Analytical Methods and member of the editorial board of the Journal of Food Protection, as well as a reviewer for many other scientific journals.
For more information, contact Jo Anne Shatkin (jashatkin@clf.org)
To register, sign up for Workshop WK12-PM at http://www.sra.org/events_2008_meeting.php
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