Nanomaterials and Occupational Health – Bibliography

Nanomaterials and Occupational Health – Bibliography

By AVICENN Team – Last added December 2022

Public / para-public organizations

In French :

• Presance Provence Alps French Riviera Corsica, "Nanomaterials: what health risks?" What prevention? », webinar, June 2022
• Ministry of Labour, Review of the 3rd Occupational Health Plan 2016-2020July 2021
• DREETS, CARSAT, MSA and Center Val de Loire occupational health services, Identification of endocrine disruptors and nanomaterials carried out in the workplace over 2019-2020May 2021
• ANSES / ANR, Scientific meeting on microplastics and nanomaterials: environmental and health research, May 20 2021
• INRS, Real-time measurement of individual exposure to nanoparticles in the form of aerosols: performance and example of application of the DiSCmini, Bau S et al., Industrial hygiene and safety n°262, March 2021
• INRS, Manufactured nanomaterials – Definitions, health effects, characterization of occupational exposure and preventive measures, M.Ricaud and O. Witschger, Brochure ED 6050, January 2021
• Nano PRST3 New Aquitaine Group, Nanomaterials: feedback on occupational health December 2020
• INRS, Personal protective equipment – ​​Nanoparticles: the effectiveness of respiratory protection devices under test, Work & Safety, No. 820, November 2020
• AFNOR, Web-conference – Nanoparticles: discover the risk management method, this online conference will take place on July 7, 2020
• ECA, Nano-safety – Protecting operators against nanoparticles, April 6 2020
• INRS, Nanostructured carbon black: towards an occupational exposure limit value, Occupational Health References, n°161, March 2020
• INRS, INSERM, Public Health France, Study of the relationship between exposure to titanium dioxide (TiO2) and mortality by cause in a cohort of workers in France, A.Gaillen-Guédy, D.Luce, P. Wild, I. Guseva Canu Archives of Occupational and Environmental Diseases, Volume 81, Issue 1, Page 64; February 2020
• OSHA Europe, Sweden: protection of workers against potentially dangerous carbon nanotubes in the manufacturing sector, November 2019 (Atlas Copco Industrial Technique, a Swedish manufacturing company, has taken a precautionary approach to managing worker exposure to carbon nanotubes, generated by work processes in its test laboratory, by installing fume hoods suction and extraction devices so that workers do not inhale potentially hazardous dust)
• INRS, Nanomaterials: definition, identification and characterization of materials and associated occupational exposure, Industrial hygiene and safety, n°256, September 2019
• IRSST, Characterization of unintentional nanometric particles emitted in different work environments, September 2019
• INRS, From production to processing of manufactured nanomaterial wasteMay 2019
• Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), nanomaterials infographicMay 2019
• INRS, Performance of filtering respiratory protection devices with respect to nanoparticlesFebruary 2019
• AIPALS (inter-company occupational health service), Nanomaterials, how to spot them and protect yourself from them?January 2019
• INRS, webinars:
  • Manufactured Nanomaterials: Occupational Exposures and Health Effects , Nov. 15 2018
  • Manufactured nanomaterials: Prevention approach and means of protectionDecember 11 2018
• OSHA (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work), Factsheet: Manufactured nanomaterials in the workplaceOctober 2018
• Direct New Aquitaine, “Nanomaterials” Round Table, speech by Nadine Renaudie, Colloquium “Dangerous Substances: the risks are revealed”, Limoges, October 11, 2018
• High Council for Public Health (HCSP), Review of knowledge relating to the effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2) on human health; characterization of population exposure and management measures, April 2018 (released June 2018)
• DIRECT Aquitaine, Occupational risks related to nanomaterials – What practical prevention approach?, 35th Congress of Occupational Medicine and Health, Marseille, June 2018
• Workshop of the 35th National Congress of Medicine and Occupational Health, "Manufactured nanomaterials: identifying and characterizing occupational exposure and preventing health risks in the workplace", Marseilles, June 5-8, 2018
• INRS, Exposure to nanometric titanium dioxide in the construction industry, Bertrand Honnert, Archives of Occupational Diseases and the Environment, May 2018
• INRS, EpiNano: national epidemiological surveillance system for workers exposed to manufactured nanomaterials, References in occupational health, n°152, December 2017
• DIRECCTE and DREAL Pays de la Loire, SSTRN, AMEBAT, occupational physicians of the independent departments of Pays de la Loire and occupational physician of Man Diesel, Nanomaterials: Professionals, are you concerned?November 2017
• INRS, Report » Studies & Research » 2016-2017, November 2017 (This document presents a summary of the studies completed in 2016, a brief presentation of all the studies in progress in 2017, including several on nanomaterials)
• Minister of the Environment, Best techniques to consider for the implementation of substances in the nanoparticle state 2017
• INSERM, Nanoparticles at work: a danger for our lungs?, Nov. 21 2016
• INSERM, Nanomaterials in the laboratory – Knowing how to recognize their risks for appropriate preventionMarch 2016
• INRS, Nanometric titanium dioxide: the need for an occupational exposure limit value, Industrial hygiene and safety, n°242, NT 36, March 2016
• INRS, An ergonomic intervention in a company using nanomaterials – Case study, Drais E, Industrial hygiene and safety, EC 14, March 2016
• DGT, Ministry of Labour, National Occupational Health Plan (PST 3) 2016-2019December 2015
• Guseva Canu I et al., Proposal for a method to identify and observe workstations potentially exposed to nanomaterials, Occupational Health References, TM 35, INRS, September 2015
• Guseva Canu I et al. (INVS, INRS, LSTE, INERIS, CEA), Proposal for a method for identifying workstations potentially exposed to nano-objects, their aggregates or agglomerates in companies using manufactured nanomaterials, Archives of Occupational and Environmental Diseases 2015
• HANDLES, Method for assessing the levels of health risks and ecotoxicological hazards of products containing manufactured nanomaterialsApril 2015
• INRS, Nanosilver: from production to use, what are the risks?, Occupational Health & Safety, NT 24, March 2015
• HANDLES, Worker exposure to nanoparticulate titanium dioxide: Assessment of exposure to nanoparticulate titanium dioxide and toxicological metrology, Jean-Paul Morin, The Research Papers. Health, Environment, Labor 2015
• INRS, Workplace ventilation and air filtration, ED 6181, November 2014
• CERTOP, The mobility of “nano” risks, September 2014
• INRS, Assistance in identifying nanomaterials in companies, ED 6174, June 2014
• HANDLES, Assessment of the risks associated with nanomaterials – Issues and update of knowledge, April 2014: Appendix 9 “Exposure assessment” and Appendix 10: Medical surveillance of workers
• HANDLES, GRAPHISTRENGTH C100 risk assessment (Arkema carbon nanotubes), November 2013 (posted January 2014)
• Interview with Damien Moncoq, CNRS project manager for the prevention of risks related to the handling of nanomaterials, Prevention Info CNRS, No. 35, December 2013
• Direct Limousin, Conference Nanoparticles: Risks or progress?, Oct. 24 2013
• Direct Limousin, Nanoguide for an initial assessment of occupational risks, September 2013
• INRS, Nanomaterials, assessment and perspectives in occupational health and safety, Mr. Reynier, Industrial hygiene and safety, 232, September 2013
• IGAS, “Nanomaterials and occupational health”, in Interactions between health and workJune 2013
• INERIS, European benchmark of good practice guides and reference systems on safety related to the use of nanomaterialsApril 2013
• National Institute for Health Surveillance (InVS), How to assess the possible health risks of occupational exposure to nanomaterials?, analysisApril 2013
• CNRS, Note on risk prevention in units using nanomaterialsMarch 2013
• Carsat Nord-Picardie, Nanomaterials: how to act?March 2013
• INRS, Online section “Nanomaterials. What risks? What prevention? » :
  • Identification of employees potentially exposed to nanoparticles, F.Jacquet, Occupational Health References, No. 132, December 2012
  • Use of nanometric titanium dioxide – Special case of the construction industry, Occupational Health and Safety, Briefing note 2367, 4th quarter 2012
  • Nanomaterials – Definitions, toxicological risks, characterization of occupational exposure and preventive measures, ED6050, September 2012
  • Recommendations for the characterization of emission potentials and occupational exposure to aerosols during operations using nanomaterials, Occupational Health and Safety, ND 2355, March 2012
  • Recommendations for the characterization of emission potentials and occupational exposure to aerosols during operations using nanomaterials, Occupational Health and Safety, Briefing Note 2355, 1^er 2012 quarter
  • Nanomaterials. Risk prevention in laboratories, ED6115, January 2012
• Direct Limousin, Occupational health: Limousin mobilized on nanoparticlesDecember 4 2012
• HANDLES, Toxicity and ecotoxicity of carbon nanotubes – News note, State of the art 2011-2012November 2012
• Raphael Chevallier (Director PACA), Nanotechnologies and applicable occupational health regulations, slideshow presented at the Society of Occupational Medicine of Marseille, November 2012
• Daniel Bloch (CEA), Nanomaterials and occupational health, slideshow presented at the Society of Occupational Medicine of Marseille, November 2012
• INERIS, NanoCert, Certification reference for the safety of people at the workplace in the presence of nanoparticles, 2012
• CISM, Nanoparticle Survey, 2012:
  • Questionnaire to identify nanoparticles, potentially dangerous situations and the means of prevention put in place
  • Guide to using the questionnaires
• Direct Limousin, Nanomaterials, nanotechnologies, mega-risks?, July 11 2012
• HANDLES, Opinion on "the risk assessment related to GRAPHISTRENGTH C100 carried out within the framework of the Genesis program", (carbon nanotubes), April 2012
• CNRS, Prevention and Security Service, Nanomaterials – State of knowledge, Risks & Prevention, January 24 2012
• CEA, INERIS, INRS, Recommendations for the characterization of emission potentials and occupational exposure to aerosols during operations using nanomaterials – Methodological guideDecember 2011
• French, Belgian and Dutch Labor Ministries, A seminar on policy, practice and the role of public authorities in dealing with uncertain risks, Brussels, November 2011
• National Institute for Health Surveillance (InVS), Elements of feasibility for an epidemiological surveillance system for workers exposed to intentionally produced nanomaterials, O. Boutou-Kempf, March 2011
• INRS, Survey on the industrial use of nano-objects: difficulty of identification by establishments, Honnert B. and Grzebyk M., Industrial hygiene and safety, Documentary note, 2340, 1st quarter 2011
• HANDLES, Tool for the control banding of risks related to nanomaterialsJanuary 2011
• INRS, Medical surveillance of workers exposed to nanomaterials: lessons from the Keystone congress, Malard S. and Radauceanu A., Documents for the occupational physician, 124, 489-49, 4th quarter 2010
• DGT, Ministry of Labour, Occupational Health Plan 2010-2014 (PST2), October 2010
• ECA, Precautions at the workplace, NanoSmile, short and educational cartoon, April 2010
• Afset, Risk assessment of nanomaterials for the general population and for the environmentMarch 2010
• INRS, Identification of employees potentially exposed to nanoparticles. Call for participation, Documents for the occupational physician, No. 122, 2010
• ENSOSP, Nanomaterials: challenges, risks and elements of reflection on the operational response of firefighters 2010
• CRAM Alsace-Moselle, Nano-objects, nanomaterials – an investigation process in Alsace-MoselleDecember 2009
• Public Health Research Institute (IReSP), Health risks of nanotechnology, actor's notebook for the national public debate on nanotechnology 2009-2010, October 2009
• Ministry of Health, chapter on worker exposure of the Project Owner's File of the national public debate on nanotechnology 2009-2010 2009
• Ministry of Labour, nanomaterials page the “Work Better” site, most of whose data dates from 2009
• HCSP, Notice regarding worker safety when exposed to carbon nanotubes, Referral of June 16, 2008 from the Director General of Health, January 7, 2009.
• INERIS, The explosion of nanopowders, September 2008
• Afset, Nanomaterials, Safety at workMay 2008
• INRS, Production and industrial use of nanostructured particles, Honnert B. and Vincent R., Industrial hygiene and safety, Briefing Note 2277, 2007
• INRS, Nanoparticles: A major issue for occupational health?, EDP sciences, 2007
• Committee for Prevention and Precaution (CPP), Ministry of Ecology, Nanotechnologies, nanoparticles: what dangers? what risks?May 2006

In Europe :

• EUON, Controlling exposure to nanomaterials, Dr. Araceli Sánchez (INSST), December 2022
• BauA (Germany), Technical Rules for Hazardous Substances – Activities with nanomaterials, TRGS 527, January 2020
• OSHA (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work):
  • Manufactured nanomaterials in the workplace, EU OSHA, 2019
  • Nanomaterials: understanding and managing the risksOctober 2018
• European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Literature study on the uses and risks of nanomaterials as pigments in the European Union, September 2018
• OSHA (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work), E-fact 72: Tools for managing nanomaterials in the workplace and preventive measuresNovember 2015
• Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) (Germany) and NanoValid, Safe handling of nano materials and other advanced materials at workplacesJuly 2015
• European Commission :
  • Guide for workers: Working Safely with Manufactured Nanomaterials, Guidance for WorkersNovember 2014
  • Guide for managers and preventionists: Guidance on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the potential risks related to nanomaterials at work, Guidance for employers and health and safety practitionersNovember 2014
• French-speaking University Institute of Occupational Health (Switzerland), Training materials on working with nanomaterialsJanuary 2014
• Federal Office of Public Health (OFSP), Switzerland, Instructions concerning the use of the precautionary grid for synthetic nanomaterialsJanuary 2014
• Handbook of Nanosafety, Measurement, Exposure and Toxicology, ed. by Ulla Vogel & Kai Savolainen & Qinglan Wu & Martie van Tongeren & Derk Brouwer & Markus Berges, 2014
• FIOH (Finland), Evaluation of the health effects of carbon nanotubesOctober 2013
• OSHA (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work), Management of nanomaterials in the workplace, June 2013:
  • E-fact 72: Tools for the management of nanomaterials in the workplace and prevention measuresJune 2013
  • E-fact 73: Nanomaterials in the healthcare sector: occupational risks and their preventionJune 2013
  • E-fact 74: Nanomaterials in the maintenance sector: occupational risks and their preventionJune 2013
  • Nanotechnologies in the furniture sector – state of play 2012March 2013
• Safenano (UK), Safety Data Sheets for nanomaterialsApril 2013
• Health & Safety Executive (HSE) (UK), Internet section dedicated to the health aspects of nanomaterials at work
• OSHA (Europe), Workplace Exposure to Nanomaterials, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, 2009
• Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) (Germany), section dedicated to nanotechnology, with in particular the report Guidance for handling and use of nanomaterials at the workplace, 2007 (an update was published in 2012, but available in German only here).

Elsewhere in the world

• NIOSH (USA), Are There Nano- and Microplastics in the Workplace?, Murashov V et al., February 2020
• ACS, Working Safely with Nanomaterials in the Laboratory, May 16 2019
• WHO, WHO guidelines for the protection of workers against potential risks from engineered nanomaterialsMarch 2019
• CDC (NIOSH USA), Continuing to protect the nanotechnology workforce: NIOSH nanotechnology research plan for 2018–2025January 2019
• Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety, Nanotechnology and health, online course (30 minutes), October 2018
• CDC (NIOSH USA):
  • Workplace Design Solutions: Protecting Workers during the Handling of NanomaterialsMarch 2018
  • Workplace Design Solutions: Protecting Workers during Nanomaterial Reactor OperationsMarch 2018
  • Workplace Design Solutions: Protecting Workers during Intermediate and Downstream Processing of NanomaterialsMarch 2018
  • Controlling Health Hazards When Working with Nanomaterials: Questions to Ask Before You StartFebruary 2018
• World Health Organization (WHO), WHO guidelines on protecting workers from potential risks of manufactured nanomaterials 2017
• IRSST, Measurement of the effectiveness of protective gloves against nanoparticles under conditions simulating their use in the workplace, report R-933, October 2016
• CDC (NIOSH USA), Building a Safety Program to Protect the Nanotechnology Workforce: A Guide for Small to Medium-Sized EnterprisesApril 2016
• Occupational Health Branch (OHB), California Department of Public Health, Nanomaterials in Construction and Other Jobs, Occupational Health WatchJanuary 2016
• CDC (NIOSH USA), Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Silver Nanomaterials, External Review Draft – Current Intelligence Bulletin, December 2015
• WHO, Guidelines on nanomaterials and workers' health are being prepared and were to be published by the end of 2015
• University of Los Andes (Columbia), Nano Risk AppNovember 2015
• NIOSH (USA), Epidemiologic studies of US workers handling carbon nanotubes: the interface between exposure and health, Schubauer-Berigan MK et al., slide presentation presented at “Quantifying Exposure to Engineered Nanomaterials Workshop”, July 2015
• IRSST (Canada), Integrated approach for the safe design and handling of nanomaterials – A program based on consultation between industry and health risk assessorsMay 2015
• NIOSH et al. (USA), The GoodNanoGuide, an Internet-based collaboration platform specially designed to enhance the ability of experts to exchange ideas on how best to handle nanomaterials in an occupational setting
• IRSST (Canada), Nanomaterials – Guide to good practices promoting risk management in the workplace, 2nd edition, August 2014
• IRSST (Canada), Measurement, control and characterization of nanoparticles – Procedure applied to machining and mechanical friction, Report R-814, May 2014
• IRSST (Canada), Review and critical analysis of the scientific literature on the assessment of occupational exposure to nanomaterials in the workplace, research project carried out in 2013-2014, completed and which should give rise to a report intended for the WHO
• Nanomaterials Safety, G. Miller, F. Plummer, and E. Asmatulu, Department of Environmental Health and Safety, Wichita State University, April 25, 2014
• IRSST (Canada), Synthetic nanoparticles – Adaptive management of worker health and safety risksDecember 2013
• NIOSH (USA), Protecting the Nanotechnology Workforce NIOSH Nanotechnology Research and Guidance Strategic Plan, 2013-2016December 2013
• NIOSH (USA), Current Strategies for Engineering Controls in Nanomaterial Production and Downstream Handling ProcessesNovember 2013
• Safe Work Australia, Safety Hazards of Engineered Nanomaterials, Information sheet, May 2013
• OSHA (USA), Working Safely with Nanomaterials, Fact Sheet, April 2013
• IRSST (Canada), Development of a procedure for measuring the efficiency of N95 respirator filters against nanoparticlesApril 2013
• NIOSH (USA), Occupational Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers, Current Intelligence Bulletin, 65, April 2013
• IRSST (Canada), Development of a method for measuring the penetration of nanoparticles through protective glove materials under conditions simulating use in the workplace 2012
• IRSST (Canada), Characterization and control of occupational exposure to nanoparticles and ultrafine particles 2012
• NIOSH (USA), General risk prevention practices when working with engineered nanomaterials in research laboratoriesMay 2012
• VCI and BAuA (Germany), Empfehlung für die Gefährdungsbeurteilung bei Tätigkeiten mit Nanomaterialien am ArbeitsplatzMay 2012
• NIOSH (USA), Occupational Exposure to Titanium Dioxide, Current Intelligence Bulletin, 63, 2011
• IRSST (Canada), Synthetic nanoparticles – Current knowledge on OHS risks and preventive measuresMay 2010
• ILO, “Promoting safe and healthy jobs: ILO program on occupational safety and health and the environment (Safework)”, in Hand, No. 63, August 2008
• IRSST (Canada), Guide to good practices promoting the management of risks related to synthetic nanoparticlesApril 2008
• IRSST (Canada), Health effects related to nanoparticlesApril 2008
• European Commission, Recommendation concerning a code of conduct for responsible research in nanosciences and nanotechnologiesFebruary 2008
• OSHA (USA), Introduction to Nanomaterials and Occupational Safety and Health, Manual, Rice University, 2008
• BAuA and VCI (Germany), Guidance for Handling and Use of Nanomaterials at the Workplace, August 2007

Trade unions and associations

In France

• FGMM (CFDT), Nanotechnology, a not-so-trivial novelty, Youtube video, October 5, 2020
• Avicenn for Agir Magazine, Special file “Nanoparticles”, n°75, March-April 2018
• Avicenn, Nanomaterials and risks to health and the environment – ​​Let's be vigilant!, Yves Michel editions, February 2016
• Avicenn, posting of the section Nano and Occupational Health on the siteveillenanos.fr, July 2015
• CFDT, Nanotechnologies, the requirement of responsible developmentNovember 2013
• CFDT, Nanotechnologies and responsible development, Nov. 26 2013
• Gerald Hayotte, Nanotechnology: between useful and futile…, Apeska, October 2012
• CFTC, Occupational health, nanotechnologyDecember 2010
• OF, Control the risks for employees, the population and the environment, actor's notebook for the national public debate on nanotechnology 2009-2010January 2010
• CFE-CGC, Nanotechnology: a new technological leap that will revolutionize the production of goods and services, actor's notebook for the national public debate on nanotechnology 2009-2010, November 2009
• UNSA, Nanotechnologies: defining all the issues to better meet expectations and possible risks, actor's notebook for the national public debate on nanotechnology 2009-2010, November 2009
• CFDT, It's time for the debate to start, actor's notebook for the national public debate on nanotechnology 2009-2010October 2009
• CFTC, Nanotechnology: Tremendous Hope, Great Concerns, actor's notebook for the national public debate on nanotechnology 2009-2010October 2009
• CFDT, Nanotechnologies: Health and work, Point of view of SPEA Grenoble CFDT and URI Rhône-Alpes CFDTJanuary 2007

Elsewhere in the world

• CASE, Etui makes regulatory proposals for nanomaterials in the EU, September 2018
• CASE, EU Observatory for Nanomaterials: a constructive view on future regulation 2017
• CASE, Nano? Help your safety representative answer these questions… 2016
• CASE, Infographic: Working with nano? What do you need to know and who to talk to? 2016
• CASE, Nanomaterials at work: where could you be exposed? 2016
• ISTAS-CCOO (Spain), The prevention of riesgos in los lugares de trabago: Guía para una sindacal interventionNovember 2013
• Aida Maria Ponce Del Castillo (ETUI), Nanomaterials in the workplace, what are the challenges for worker health?May 2013
• IndustriAll European Trade Union, Position on nanomaterials in REACH and safety data sheetsMay 2013
• CSIRO (Australia), Investigating the emissions of nanomaterials from composites and other solid articles during machining processesMarch 2013
• Dutch Trade Union Confederation (FNV), Working safely with engineered nanomaterials and nanoproducts – A guide for employers and employees, Netherlands, August 2012. (La first version dated May 2011)
• FGTB (Belgium), Health at work: Precautionary principle for nanomaterials, Brussels, 2012
• ETUC / ETUC, 2nd ETUC Resolution on nanotechnology and nanomaterialsDecember 2010
• ETUC / ETUC, ETUC resolution on nanotechnology and nanomaterialsJune 2008
• ISTAS-CCOO (Spain), Medidas preventivas y de control para nanopículas y nanomateriales 2008

Publications and academic works

• Alberto AR et al., Nanomaterials, a New Challenge in the Workplace, in: Louro H, Silva MJ (eds) Nanotoxicology in Safety Assessment of Nanomaterials. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, flight 1357. Springer, Cham., 2022
• Chami K et al., Manufactured nanomaterials in the professional environment: an overview of the state of the art, Archives of Occupational and Environmental DiseasesJanuary 2021
• Bessa MJ et al., Nanoparticle exposure and hazard in the ceramic industry: an overview of potential sources, toxicity and health effects, Environmental Research, 184, May 2020
• Guseva Canu I et al., Weight of epidemiological evidence for titanium dioxide risk assessment: current state and further needs, Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2019
• Schulte PA et al., Current state of knowledge on the health effects of engineered nanomaterials in workers: a systematic review of human studies and epidemiological investigations, Scand J Work Environ Health., 1;45(3):217-23, May 2019
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• Mihalache R et al., Occupational exposure limits for manufactured nanomaterials, a systematic review, Nanotoxicology, 11(1), January 2017
• Armstead AL, Li B, Nanotoxicity: emerging concerns regarding nanomaterial safety and occupational hard metal (WC-Co) nanoparticle exposure, 11: 6421 – 6433, December 2016
• Mellin P et al., Nano-sized by-products from metal 3D printing, composite manufacturing and fabric production, Journal of Cleaner Production, 139: 1224-1233, December 2016
• Oosterwijka MTT et al., Proposal for a Risk Banding Framework for Inhaled Low Aspect Ratio Nanoparticles based on Physicochemical Properties, Nanotoxicology 2016
• Pelclova D et al., Markers of oxidative damage of nucleic acids and proteins among workers exposed to TiO2 (nano) particles, Occup Environ Med, 73:110-118, 2016
• Pelclova et al., Markers of oxidative damage of nucleic acids and proteins among workers exposed to TiO2 (nano) particles, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 73 (2): 110, 2016
• Nano SSL-DTS project 2014-2015: Nanotechnology, occupational health and safety and division of scientific work – joint CNRS-ISIS PEPS project (Paris Saclay University), with Eric Drais (INRS), Joëlle Evans (HEC), Audrey Couyere (UVSQ) , Dante) and Susan Silbey (MIT), coordination: Jerome Pelisse (UVSQ)
• Karim ME et al., Too enthusiastic to care for safety: Present status and recent developments of nanosafety in ASEAN countries, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 92: 168-181, March 2015
• Spruit SL, Choosing between precautions for nanoparticles in the workplace: complementing the precautionary principle with caring, Journal of Risk Research 2015
• Murashova V & Howard J, Risks to Health Care Workers from Nano-Enabled Medical Products, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 12 (6), 2015
• Heitbrink WA et al., Exposure Controls for Nanomaterials at Three Manufacturing Sites, J Occup About HygJune 2014
• Workshop report: Strategies for setting occupational exposure limits for engineered nanomaterials, Gordon SC et al., Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 68(3): 305-311, April 2014
• HANDLES, Nanoparticles – mastering the exhibition: concepts and achievements, Scientific watch bulletin (BVS), March 2014
• The Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, Precarious Promise: A Case Study of Engineered Carbon Nanotubes, University of Massachusetts Lowell, March 2014
• Honnert B and Grzebyk M, Manufactured nano-objects: An occupational survey in five industries in France, Ann Occup Hyg, 58:121-35, January 2014 (a French summary is freely available in the article Exposure to nanoparticles in an industrial environment: difficulty of prevention du Scientific watch bulletin (BVS) from ANSES, March 2014
• R. Kyung-Taek et al, Oxidative DNA Damage from Nanoparticle Exposure and Its Application to Workers' Health: A Literature Review, Safety and Health at Work, 4(4), 177-186, December 2013
• PA Schulte et al, Occupational safety and health criteria for responsible development of nanotechnology, Journal of Nanoparticle ResearchDecember 2013
• Hui-Yi Liao et al., Six-month follow-up study of health markers of nanomaterials among workers handling engineered nanomaterials, NanotoxicologyDecember 2013
• Debia M, Beaudry C, Nanoparticle metrology: new advances?, Scientific watch bulletin (BVS), ANSES, December 2013
• P. Chaskiel, Trade unionism and nanotechnology. From the space of professional relations to the public space of risks, Sociology of Work, 55(4): 454-474, October-December 2013
• C. Baert, L. Novack, D. Lison, Occupational exposure to nanoparticles and skin protection, Archives of Occupational and Environmental Diseases, 74(5), 488–498, November 2013
• AM Ponce Del Castillo, The European and Member States' Approaches to Regulating Nanomaterials: Two Levels of Governance, Nanoethics,1-11, October 2013
• PT O’Shaughnessy, Occupational health risk to nanoparticulate exposure, About. Sci.: Processes Impacts,15, 49-62, 2013
• N. DeHauts-Le-Moustier and E. Drais, “The place of collective relations in protecting the health of employees exposed to nanomaterials: practical challenges and new questions”, in From nanotechnologies to emerging technologies, Regulation in perspective, Editions Larcier, January 2013
• CD Engeman et al., Governance implications of nanomaterials companies' inconsistent risk perceptions and safety practices, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 14 (3), 1-12, February 2012
• Mr Doucet, The employer's safety obligation and nanomaterials, International Journal of Bioethics, 1(22): 173–184, 2011
• JA Conti et al., Health and safety practices in the nanomaterials workplace: results from an international survey, Environmental Science & Technology, 42 (9), 3155-3162, 2008
• Nanotechnologies: Hopes and uncertainties around a new revolution, Hesa Mag, n°1, autumn-winter 2009

Industries, Professional/employer organizations, Specialist service providers

In France :

• Allizé Plasturgie – Polyvia, “Preventing the risks associated with manufactured nanomaterials”, Plastilian, September 2020
• C. Fresnay (Thales Group), Nanomaterials and means of prevention in research activities, QuarksSafetyDay 2018, April 2018 (video)
• OPPBTP, Nanomaterials and constructionDecember 2017
• Saint-Gobain, Code of conduct (jointly drawn up by the EHS, Medical and Research and Development sectors): it defines the framework within which Saint-Gobain teams, particularly in R&D, must use nanomaterials (currently being revision)
• D.Bloch, Nanotechnologies, nanomaterials, nanoparticles – Health risks (slideshow), October 24, 2013
• FEBEA, Good practice guide – Prevention of risks related to the use of nanomaterials, accessible only to FEBEA members, July 2012
• MEDEF, actor's notebook for the national public debate on nanotechnology 2009-2010October 2009
• Companies for the Environment, actor's notebook for the national public debate on nanotechnology 2009-2010October 2009
• UIC, actor's notebook for the national public debate on nanotechnology 2009-2010October 2009
• UIC, Good practice guide – Nanomaterials and HSEMarch 2009

Elsewhere in the world:

• NIA, Nanomaterials Safety & EHS/OHS Policy
• NanoTox (United States)
• NanoSafePack Consortium: Best Practices for the Safe Handling and Use of Nanoparticles in the Packaging Industry – Mini-Guide 2014
• ISO TC 229, Nanotechnologies — Occupational risk management applied to manufactured nanomaterials — Part 2: Use of the hazard banding approachJanuary 2014
• RISS, Guide to measuring airborne carbon nanotubes in workplaces, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan), October 2013
• CEPE (European Council of the Paints, Printing Inks and Artists' Colors Industry), Guidance for the Handling of engineered Nano-Objects in the WorkplaceMay 2013
• BASF Nanotechnology Code of Conduct
• CEFIC, Responsible Production and Use of Nanomaterials, Implementing Responsible Care®, 2nd Edition, January 2012

Video

En french:

• “Nanos, glyphosate, have we really learned the lessons of asbestos? », 25 years of asbestos: the scandal continues, InfoDiag, Special Edition, September 2022
• Preventoscope, Nanomaterials, should we be afraid of them?, October-November 2021
• Know Media, “In search of solutions – nanomaterials”, February 18, 2020 (video)
• Health & Work, Nanomaterials: manufacturers are resisting, September 2 2019
• Health & Work, The lobbies at work on titanium dioxideApril 2019
• Health & Work, Titanium dioxide: "Will Europe give in to lobbies?" »April 2019
• Act Magazine, Special file “Nanoparticles”, n°75, March-April 2018
• France News, Nanoparticles dangerous for the workers who work with them, It's my job, January 12, 2017
• Health & Work, Nanomaterials: a fibrotic effect on the lung, January 3 2017
• good at my job, Understanding nanomaterials, risks and issues: interview with Avicenn, Nov. 23 2016
• Reporterre, Nanoparticles: workers are the first exposed, June 17 2016
• The Zindignés, Nanotech', marketing is progressing, vigilance is slipping , n°36, June 2016
• Work & Safety, Manufactured nanomaterials – What effects on health?, No. 758, February 2015
• AtouHealth, Nanomaterials: employers' obligations, Oct. 7 2014
• Official Prevention, Prevention of occupational risks from nanomaterialsMay 2013
• new factory, Health at work: Infinitely small, but not without risksApril 2013
• Basta, Nanotechnologies: “Preventing the history of asbestos from repeating itself”, Agnès Rousseau, May 25, 2010

Elsewhere in the world:

• Integral prevention, Primera sentencia en Europa on exposure to nanoparticles, December 15, 2017 (Una juez de Pamplona decides, in an admirable sentence, that a trasplantado de riñón is especially sensitive to nanoparticles)