{"id":8142,"date":"2016-07-14T13:01:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T11:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dana.ggiants.de\/faq\/occupational-exposure-limits-protective-measures-for-nanomaterials-national-and-european-regulations\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T09:34:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T07:34:19","slug":"occupational-exposure-limits-protective-measures-for-nanomaterials-national-and-european-regulations","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/materialneutral.info\/en\/faq\/occupational-exposure-limits-protective-measures-for-nanomaterials-national-and-european-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupational exposure limits &#038; protective measures for nanomaterials: national and european regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Up-to-now, there are no European occupational <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_5bd815081aef5477a0b0a38216d0fcaa\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">exposure<\/span> limits in place. However, the establishment of such values is an ongoing process. So far, health and safety measures for the handling of <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_b9e9395286233f41aea957abe9492004\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">nanomaterials<\/span> are based on the precautionary principle of existing knowledge derived from safety measures for handling chemicals. This includes in particular the avoidance of contact with the particles (exposure) and the use of personal protective equipment (for example, respiratory protection, protective gloves).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In Germany, the <a title=\"Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baua.de\/EN\/Home\/Home_node.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)<\/a> is dealing with the topic of nanosafety at the workplace; in Switzerland, the <a title=\"Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bag.admin.ch\/bag\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)<\/a> has created a precautionary matrix for synthetic nanomaterials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) &#x2013; <a title=\"German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) &#x2013; Nanotechnology\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baua.de\/EN\/Topics\/Safe-use-of-chemicals-and-products\/Innovative-materials\/Innovative-materials_node.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nanotechnology<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)&#xA0;&#x2013; <a title=\"Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) - Precautionary Matrix for Synthetic Nanomaterials\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bag.admin.ch\/bag\/en\/home\/gesund-leben\/umwelt-und-gesundheit\/chemikalien\/nanotechnologie.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Precautionary Matrix for Synthetic Nanomaterials<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Brochure <a href=\"https:\/\/materialneutral.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NanoValid-Safe_handling_nanomaterials_advanced-materials_at_workplaces.pdf\">&#x201C;Safe handling of nano materials and other advanced materials at workplaces&#x201D; (2015) <i class=\"dashicons-pdf\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"European Precautionary Principle (last update 21.09.2015)\" href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=URISERV%3Al32042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">European Precautionary Principle<\/a> (last update 21.09.2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#xA0;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","faq_category":[60],"class_list":["post-8142","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq_category-02_workplace"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Occupational exposure limits &amp; protective measures for nanomaterials: national and european regulations - MANTRA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/materialneutral.info\/en\/faq\/occupational-exposure-limits-protective-measures-for-nanomaterials-national-and-european-regulations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Occupational exposure limits &amp; protective measures for nanomaterials: national and european regulations - MANTRA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Up-to-now, there are no European occupational exposure limits in place. 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