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Perspectives on the design of safer nanomaterials and manufacturing processes

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A concerted effort is being made to insert Prevention through Design principles into discussions of sustainability, occupational safety and health, and green chemistry related to nanotechnology. Prevention through Design is a set of principles, which includes solutions to design out potential hazards in nanomanufacturing including the design of nanomaterials, and strategies to eliminate exposures and minimize risks that may be related to the manufacturing processes and equipment at various stages of the lifecycle of an engineered nanomaterial.

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The authors express their gratitude to all of the participants at the Safe Nano Design conference.

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  1. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Charles Geraci, Laura Hodson, Paul Schulte & Adrienne Eastlake

  2. Bureau Veritas North America, Inc., Edison, NJ, USA

    Donna Heidel

  3. Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA

    Christie Sayes

  4. Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, (SUNY Poly), Albany, NY, USA

    Sara Brenner

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Geraci, C., Heidel, D., Sayes, C. et al. Perspectives on the design of safer nanomaterials and manufacturing processes. J Nanopart Res 17, 366 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-015-3152-9

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