Schulte Paul A, Iavicoli Ivo, Rantanen Jorma H, Dahmann Dirk, Iavicoli Sergio, Pipke Rüdiger, Guseva Canu Irina, Boccuni Fabio, Ricci Maximo, Polci Maria Letizia, Sabbioni Enrico, Pietroiusti Antonio, Mantovani Elvio
a Education and Information Division , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) , Cincinnati , OH , USA .
b Department of Public Health , University of Naples Federico II , Naples , Italy .
Nanotoxicology. 2016 Sep;10(7):1013-9. doi: 10.3109/17435390.2015.1132347. Epub 2016 Feb 10.
Responsible development of any technology, including nanotechnology, requires protecting workers, the first people to be exposed to the products of the technology. In the case of nanotechnology, this is difficult to achieve because in spite of early evidence raising health and safety concerns, there are uncertainties about hazards and risks. The global response to these concerns has been the issuance by authoritative agencies of precautionary guidance to strictly control exposures to engineered nanomaterials (ENMs). This commentary summarizes discussions at the "Symposium on the Health Protection of Nanomaterial Workers" held in Rome (25 and 26 February 2015). There scientists and practitioners from 11 countries took stock of what is known about hazards and risks resulting from exposure to ENMs, confirmed that uncertainties still exist, and deliberated on what it would take to conduct a global assessment of how well workers are being protected from potentially harmful exposures.
任何技术的负责任发展，包括纳米技术，都需要保护工人，他们是最早接触该技术产品的人群。就纳米技术而言，这很难实现，因为尽管早期证据引发了对健康和安全的担忧，但危害和风险仍存在不确定性。全球对这些担忧的回应是权威机构发布预防性指南，以严格控制对工程纳米材料（ENM）的接触。本评论总结了在罗马举行的“纳米材料工人健康保护研讨会”（2015年2月25日和26日）上的讨论。来自11个国家的科学家和从业者评估了已知的接触ENM所产生的危害和风险，确认不确定性仍然存在，并就如何对工人免受潜在有害接触的保护程度进行全球评估进行了审议。
