Nanosafety at the OECD

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1、NanosafetyattheOECD:TheFirstFiveYears2006-2010OECDJanuary2011BETTERPOLICIESFORBETTERLIVESTableofContentsWHATIS“NANO”?......................................................................................3WHY“NANOSAFETY”?....................................................

2、..........................3WHYOECDISADDRESSINGTHESAFETYOFMANUFACTUREDNANOMATERIALS?.................................................41.HighlightsoftheWPMN’sactivities...................................................42.PriorityareasfortheOECD’WPMN........................

3、.........................73.MajoroutcomesoftheWPMN’sprojects.........................................84.Outreach..............................................................................................13WHAT’SNEXT?.....................................................

4、....................................14KEYPUBLICATIONS................................................................................142Whatis“nano”?“Nano”comesfromtheGreekwordfor“dwarf”.Itisusedinthemeasurementsystemstorefertoaverysmallsize.Ananometer(nm)isthonebillionth

5、ofametre.Anmisabout1/50,000thewidthofahumanhairandasheetofpaperisabout100,000nmthick.123Fullerene(C60)CarbonnanotubeNanoelectronicsWhy“nanosafety”?Onthenano-scale,typicallywithintherangeof1-100nminatleastonedimension,thepropertiesofmaterialscanbedifferentfromthoseonalarge

6、rscale.Thenovelpropertiesofnanomaterialsenablediverseapplicationareas,suchasinmedicine,environmentandenergyproduction.Thesepossibilitiesleadtoalotofbenefitsincluding:detectionofgeneticsequenceusingDNA-taggedgoldnanoparticleseffectivewaste-watertreatmentwithcarbonnanotub

7、efiltersenhancedrenewableenergysourcesfromsolarcellsusingsiliconnanocrystalsManufacturednanomaterialsarealreadyusedinanumberofcommercialapplications;whichraisequestionsregardingpotentialunintendedhazardstohumansandtheenvironment.Adebateistakingplaceonwhethernanomaterials

8、needspecialregulationtodealwiththosepotentialrisks.Thereisaneedforaresponsibleandco-ordinatedapp