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 Nanotechnology Quintuples Heating Capacity of Solar Water Heaters -- Renewable Energy Magazine (9/1/2010) Researchers at the University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, have developed a solar heating system that uses nanotechnology to heat water to five times the temperature of a conventional system, while also permitting the collector surface area to retain up to 98 percent of heat from solar radiation. [More] Pakistan's Science Minister Attacks Funding Cuts -- SciDev.Net (9/1/2010) The Pakistan government has cuts its funds for the Pakistan Ministry of Science and Technology's 2010-2011 budget by almost half, causing the science minister, Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, to criticize his own government. [More] Nanotechnology: Small wonders -- Nature (9/1/2010) This article takes an in-depth look at the United States National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)'s first 10 years - to find out where the money went and what the initiative plans to do next. [More] Nanotech on Farmers' Fields -- Silicon Nutrition (8/31/2010) A plant nutrition study that addresses nano-sized plant nutrients is now available from the Landbouwkundige Uitgeverij G.C. van den Berg (Veenendaal, The Netherlands). [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.