Stimulus Funds to Support Research on Nanomaterials, Superfund Sites

Summary posted by Meridian on 4/16/2009
Source: The Bureau of National Affairs' Daily Environment Report
Author: Pat Rizzuto

The United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) will use money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to fund research on whether engineered nanomaterials pose risks to human health, and on ways nanotechnology can be used to clean up superfund sites. The NIEHS will also use the funds to provide safety training for workers in industries working with nanotechnology, as well as workers in the fields of weatherization, alternative energy development, and "green" construction. Over US$29 million will be available through NIEHS over the next two years with the goal of helping to support the responsible and safe development of these emerging technologies. According to Sally S. Tinkle, senior science adviser to the NIEHS director, and Sri Nadadur, a NIEHS scientific program administrator, "[N]anotechnologies can help solve medical, energy, climate change, and other problems facing the planet and people living on it....The goals of those grants include the development of reliable and reproducible methods and models to evaluate the toxicity of engineered nanomaterials, methods to estimate exposures to engineered nanomaterials occurring through air, water, soil, and other media, and ways to estimate the doses to nanomaterials to which people are exposed." The deadlines for applying for the various types of grants offered through NIEHS begin as early as April 27. The proposed projects should be able to show tangible results within two years. The article can be viewed online at the link below.

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our team contact us site map	Stimulus Funds to Support Research on Nanomaterials, Superfund Sites Summary posted by Meridian on 4/16/2009 Source: The Bureau of National Affairs' Daily Environment Report Author: Pat Rizzuto The United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) will use money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to fund research on whether engineered nanomaterials pose risks to human health, and on ways nanotechnology can be used to clean up superfund sites. The NIEHS will also use the funds to provide safety training for workers in industries working with nanotechnology, as well as workers in the fields of weatherization, alternative energy development, and "green" construction. Over US$29 million will be available through NIEHS over the next two years with the goal of helping to support the responsible and safe development of these emerging technologies. According to Sally S. Tinkle, senior science adviser to the NIEHS director, and Sri Nadadur, a NIEHS scientific program administrator, "[N]anotechnologies can help solve medical, energy, climate change, and other problems facing the planet and people living on it....The goals of those grants include the development of reliable and reproducible methods and models to evaluate the toxicity of engineered nanomaterials, methods to estimate exposures to engineered nanomaterials occurring through air, water, soil, and other media, and ways to estimate the doses to nanomaterials to which people are exposed." The deadlines for applying for the various types of grants offered through NIEHS begin as early as April 27. The proposed projects should be able to show tangible results within two years. The article can be viewed online at the link below. The original article may still be available at news.bna.com/deln/DELNWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=11809346&vname=de... As tagged by Meridian Institute: Energy: Energy, Climate Change Health And Medical: Diseases Implications: Human Enhancement, Human Health Risks, Worker Safety, Governance, Environmental Risks, Economic Competitiveness Materials And Manufacturing: Manufacturing, Materials Regions: North America Stakeholders: Government, Industry, NGO, Academia Environment: Green Nanotechnology Related Forums: Health and Medical Materials and Manufacturing Environment Human Health Risks and Worker Safety Environmental Risks Economic Competitiveness Governance print format	NDN Home Subscribe Manage Subscription Search News Archives Understanding Public Debate on Nanotechnologies: Options for Framing Public Policy -- The Innovation Society (2/8/2010) The Governance and Ethics Unit of the Directorate General for Research (DG Research) of the European Commission (EC) has published an overview paper on options for framing public policy on nanotechnologies. [More] UN Patent Filings Dropped for 1st Time Since 1978 -- ABC news (2/8/2010) The United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an entity through which a company can, for a fee, file a request for patent protection in any or all of the 142 countries that have subscribed to the U.N.'s Patent Cooperation Treaty, reported that the number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978. [More] TECHNOLOGY: Science Panel Probes Renewable Energy's Current Use of China's Rare Metals -- Environment & Energy Daily (2/8/2010) A United States House of Representatives Science and Technology subcommittee this week will hold a hearing on rare earth mineral production and the resource's role in the growing clean energy industry. [More] Nanofood for Thought -- Nature Nanotechnology (2/5/2010) This editorial, in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, is in response to the recent report, "Nanotechnologies and Food", released in January by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, United Kingdom, that criticized the food industry for failing to be transparent about its research into the uses of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials. [More] More News... Learn how to include these headlines on your own website by clicking here. Please email us if you require text-only versions of the daily emails.