Health & Safety Issues of
NanotechnologyFrank E. Ehrenfeld III
Laboratory Director, International Asbestos Testing Laboratories
Vice-President, nanoTEM
Vice-Chair ASTM D22.07
Committee ASTM E56.03
Technical Advisory Panel – American Industrial Hygiene Association
Health & Safety Issues of
NanotechnologyFrank E. Ehrenfeld III
Laboratory Director, International Asbestos Testing Laboratories
Vice-President, nanoTEM
Vice-Chair ASTM D22.07
Committee ASTM E56.03
Technical Advisory Panel – American Industrial Hygiene Association
Health & Safety Issues of
NanotechnologyFrank E. Ehrenfeld III
Laboratory Director, International Asbestos Testing Laboratories
Vice-President, nanoTEM
Vice-Chair ASTM D22.07
Committee ASTM E56.03
Technical Advisory Panel – American Industrial Hygiene Association
Health & Safety Issues of
NanotechnologyFrank E. Ehrenfeld III
Laboratory Director, International Asbestos Testing Laboratories
Vice-President, nanoTEM
Vice-Chair ASTM D22.07
Committee ASTM E56.03
Technical Advisory Panel – American Industrial Hygiene Association
Health & Safety Issues of
NanotechnologyFrank E. Ehrenfeld III
Laboratory Director, International Asbestos Testing Laboratories
Vice-President, nanoTEM
Vice-Chair ASTM D22.07
Committee ASTM E56.03
Technical Advisory Panel – American Industrial Hygiene Association
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Outline: EH&S Nanotechnology
Definitions
What
Why
How
Proposed Research
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Outline: EH&S Nanotechnology
Definitions– Size matters
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EH&S NanotechnologyScale Name Symbol1024 yota Y1021 zetta Z1018 exa E1015 peta P1012 tera T109 giga G106 mega M103 kilo k102 hecto h101 deka da10-1 deci d10-2 centi c10-3 milli m10-6 micro μ10-9 nano n10-12 pico p10-15 femto f10-18 atto a10-21 zepto z10-24 yocto y
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EH&S NanotechnologyScale Name Symbol1024 yota Y1021 zetta Z1018 exa E1015 peta P1012 tera T109 giga G106 mega M103 kilo k102 hecto h101 deka da10-1 deci d10-2 centi c10-3 milli m10-6 micro μ10-9 nano n10-12 pico p10-15 femto f10-18 atto a10-21 zepto z10-24 yocto y
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EH&S NanotechnologyScale Name Symbol1024 yota Y1021 zetta Z1018 exa E1015 peta P1012 tera T109 giga G106 mega M103 kilo k102 hecto h101 deka da10-1 deci d10-2 centi c10-3 milli m10-6 micro μ10-9 nano n10-12 pico p10-15 femto f10-18 atto a10-21 zepto z10-24 yocto y
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EH&S NanotechnologyScale Name Symbol1024 yota Y1021 zetta Z1018 exa E1015 peta P1012 tera T109 giga G106 mega M103 kilo k102 hecto h101 deka da10-1 deci d10-2 centi c10-3 milli m10-6 micro μ10-9 nano n10-12 pico p10-15 femto f10-18 atto a10-21 zepto z10-24 yocto y
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EH&S NanotechnologyScale Name Symbol1024 yota Y1021 zetta Z1018 exa E1015 peta P1012 tera T109 giga G106 mega M103 kilo k102 hecto h101 deka da10-1 deci d10-2 centi c10-3 milli m10-6 micro μ10-9 nano n10-12 pico p10-15 femto f10-18 atto a10-21 zepto z10-24 yocto y
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EH&S NanotechnologyScale Name Symbol1024 yota Y1021 zetta Z1018 exa E1015 peta P1012 tera T109 giga G106 mega M103 kilo k102 hecto h101 deka da10-1 deci d10-2 centi c10-3 milli m10-6 micro μ10-9 nano n10-12 pico p10-15 femto f10-18 atto a10-21 zepto z10-24 yocto y
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EH&S NanotechnologyScale Name Symbol1024 yota Y1021 zetta Z1018 exa E1015 peta P1012 tera T109 giga G106 mega M103 kilo k102 hecto h101 deka da10-1 deci d10-2 centi c10-3 milli m10-6 micro μ10-9 nano n10-12 pico p10-15 femto f10-18 atto a10-21 zepto z10-24 yocto y
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EH&S Nanotechnology
Definitions– Size matters
[001]
200 nm
TiO2 particles courtesy of Millennium Chemicals, Micrograph courtesy Shirley Turner, NIST
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EH&S Nanotechnology
Definitions– Size matters
[001]
200 nm
TiO2 particles courtesy of Millennium Chemicals, Micrograph courtesy Shirley Turner, NIST
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EH&S Nanotechnology
Definitions– Size matters
[001]
200 nm
TiO2 particles courtesy of Millennium Chemicals, Micrograph courtesy Shirley Turner, NIST
200 nm
Carbon Nanotubes courtesy of RichardTiO2 particles courtesy of Millennium Chemicals Cavicchi and Shirley Turner, NIST
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EH&S Nanotechnology
Definitions– Shape matters
[001]
200 nm
TiO2 particles courtesy of Millennium Chemicals, Micrograph courtesy Shirley Turner, NIST
200 nm
Carbon Nanotubes courtesy of RichardTiO2 particles courtesy of Millennium Chemicals Cavicchi and Shirley Turner, NIST
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EH&S Nanotechnology
Definitions– Chemistry matters
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EH&S Nanotechnology
Definitions• Chemical Properties
• Elemental• Phase or compound• Purity, variation• Chemical species distribution• Bonding and electronic structure• Crystallographic structure• Surface structure• Molecular• Biocompatibility/activity …
• Physical Properties• Morphology• Magnetic• Dielectric Constant• Hardness• Biocompatibility …
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EH&S Nanotechnology
Definitions• Chemical Properties
• Elemental• Phase or compound• Purity, variation• Chemical species distribution• Bonding and electronic structure• Crystallographic structure• Surface structure• Molecular• Biocompatibility/activity …
• Physical Properties• Morphology• Magnetic• Dielectric Constant• Hardness• Biocompatibility …
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EH&S Nanotechnology
DefinitionsIntrinsically nanoscale powders
• Specialty powders• Al2O3, Fe2O3, ZnO, Tb-Y2O3, TiO2
• pigments• catalysts• carbon black
• Micropowders with nanoscale coatings• Hard coating materials (WC-TiN, WC-TiC, Cr2C2-TiN, Ni/Fe-TiC,
diamond/WC/Co, Nb-TiN)• Specialty materials: Ag-ZnO, Cu-ZnO, SiO2-TiO2, CuCrOx• Pharmaceuticals• Coating tuned to custom needs• Hard Coatings, Thermal Barrier Films, Corrosion Resistance, Stealth,
Drug Delivery, Explosives, Implants• Nanoparticle Dispersion and Containment
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EH&S Nanotechnology
DefinitionsTuning Nanoparticles• Engineering surfaces, compositions and
other properties to develop desired product
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EH&S Nanotechnology
DefinitionsTuning Nanoparticles• Engineering surfaces, compositions and
other properties to develop desired product
• What other effects do these properties have on people, the environment,plants, and animals?
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EH&S Nanotechnology
DefinitionsTuning Nanoparticles• Engineering surfaces, compositions and
other properties to develop desired product
• What other effects do these properties have on people, the environment,plants, and animals?
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EH&S Nanotechnology
DefinitionsTuning Nanoparticles• Engineering surfaces, compositions and
other properties to develop desired product
• What other effects do these properties have on people, the environment,plants, and animals?
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EH&S Nanotechnology
Definitions– Size matters
– Shape matters
– Chemistry matters
– other…
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Definitions– other…
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Definitions– other…Mass
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Definitions– other…Mass
Surface Area
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EH&S Nanotechnology
Definitions– other…Mass
Surface Area
Morphology (see also size, shape)
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EH&S Nanotechnology
DefinitionsMass / Surface Area
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DefinitionsMass / Surface Area
10 nm
10 nm
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DefinitionsMass / Surface Area
10 nm
10 nm
Like any catalyst – increased surface area increases reaction sites, nanoparticles are an extreme example of this, sometimes with unintended consequences!
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EH&S Nanotechnology
DefinitionsMorphology… Oops
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DefinitionsMorphology… Oops
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DefinitionsMorphology… Oops
Quartz
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DefinitionsMorphology… Oops
100 nm
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EH&S Nanotechnology
DefinitionsMorphology… Oops
100 nm
100 nm
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EH&S Nanotechnology
DefinitionsMorphology… Oops
100 nm
100 nm
Chrysotile Asbestos
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EH&S Nanotechnology
DefinitionsMorphology… Oops
• Quartz• Size• Crystal-Chemical form• Surface area• Surface composition• Exposure measurement
• Asbestos• Morphology• Composition• Exposure measurement• Cocarcinogens• Smoking• Surface composition• Latency or time delay of
disease onset
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EH&S Nanotechnology
DefinitionsMorphology… Oops
• Quartz• Size• Crystal-Chemical form• Surface area• Surface composition• Exposure measurement
• Asbestos• Morphology• Composition• Exposure measurement• Cocarcinogens• Smoking• Surface composition• Latency or time delay of
disease onset
• Asbestos• Natural nanofibers• 50 years of health
effect research• Shape, size, composition• Interactions with human body• Longevity in body• 20+ year latency for cancer• Liability is still killing
companies
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EH&S Nanotechnology
Definitions
What
Why
How
Proposed Research
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EH&S Nanotechnology Health
– Epidemiology
Animal Studies– Where do nanoparticles go?– How do they interact?– How are they changed in the living system?
Exposure Characterization– What concentration is important?– What should be measured?
Particle Characterization– How do we measure the critical parameters?
Standards– Materials– Methods
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EH&S Nanotechnology
Research?
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Model? Method?
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METRICS
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METRICS What do we measure?
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METRICS • What do we measure?• What is tested in animal studies?
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METRICS • What do we measure?• What is tested in animal studies?• What are people exposed to?
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METRICS • What do we measure?• What is tested in animal studies?• What are people exposed to?• Are they the same?
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EH&S Nanotechnology
METRICS • What do we measure?• What is tested in animal studies?• What are people exposed to?• Are they the same?• What concentration matters?
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METRICS • What do we measure?• What is tested in animal studies?• What are people exposed to?• Are they the same?• What concentration matters?• Measured in what units?
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METRICS • What do we measure?• What is tested in animal studies?• What are people exposed to?• Are they the same?• What concentration matters?• Measured in what units?• Mass? Particle number? Composition? Morphology?
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METRICS • What do we measure?• What is tested in animal studies?• What are people exposed to?• Are they the same?• What concentration matters?• Measured in what units?• Mass? Particle number? Composition? Morphology?
• WE DO NOT KNOW UNTIL WE MEASURE
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METRICS • What do we measure?• What is tested in animal studies?• What are people exposed to?• Are they the same?• What concentration matters?• Measured in what units?• Mass? Particle number? Composition? Morphology?
• WE DO NOT KNOW UNTIL WE MEASURE
• But how many and which measurements are correct?
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EH&S Nanotechnology
METRICSCurrently we have insufficient knowledge to:
Predict health effectMeasure health effectPredict which properties to measureDevelop exposure measurement methods and relationships to health effect
Incomplete data will be misleadingIt’s a good time to start measuring
Cross-disciplinary experimental design will help reducemisleading results
•NCI, NIST, FDA Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer and Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory
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METRICS
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METRICS
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METRICS
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METRICS
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METRICS
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METRICS
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes in conducting airways of the mouse lung after inhalation exposure.
CDC/NIOSH
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METRICS
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StakeholdersManufacturers
– countless products and applications!!!
Worker safety
Consumer Safety
Generational / Humanity Concerns
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StakeholdersConsumer Safety
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StakeholdersConsumer Safety:
–CPSC: August 2008 “Given the variety of nanoprodutcs and the wide range of nanomaterials used to make them, it is likely that many nanoproducts will be on the market for years before industry even begins to develop safety standards that will address safety.”
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StakeholdersConsumer SafetyCPSC: August 2008 “Given the variety of
nanoprodutcs and the wide range of nanomaterials used to make them, it is likely that many nanoproducts will be on the market for years before industry even begins to develop safety standards that will address safety.”
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StakeholdersConsumer SafetyCPSC: August 2008 “Given the variety of
nanoprodutcs and the wide range of nanomaterials used to make them, it is likely that many nanoproducts will be on the market for years before industry even begins to develop safety standards that will address safety.”
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Stakeholders Trial Lawyers Association
Insurance Companies
etc……
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Coordinate efforts and learn from the past?
Industry, Academia, Government, Medical, Industrial Hygiene, Metrology, Environmental coordination
Shift materials and application development to include health effects research
Start standards efforts for consensus
Methods, materials, health and environmental
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Proactive in stopping health effects before they happen?
Err on the conservative side?
Over protect
Over characterize
Until we understand the effects
Be flexible and responsive … many unknowns and latency problem
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Work with potential anti-nano stakeholders?
Understand fear and skepticism and use it to help design better nanomanufacturing and nanotechnology as well as health and environmental studies
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Questions?
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Contact:
Frank E. Ehrenfeld III
Laboratory Director – IATL
Vice-President – nanoTEM
(609) 929-4211