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In an effort to give employers specific guidance on protecting workers from the potential harmful health effects of manufacturing and handling nanomaterials, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently released four guidance documents.
Nano-scale materials have different physical and chemical properties than the same materials in larger sizes. So the methods you would use to protect workers against those materials in larger sizes won’t always work for nanomaterial exposures. In fact, in some cases, you may need to protect workers against materials that pose no hazard in larger […]