{"id":1304,"date":"2021-12-08T00:36:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T23:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/?post_type=unit&#038;p=1304"},"modified":"2021-12-08T00:36:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T23:36:50","slug":"save-knowledge-4","status":"publish","type":"unit","link":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/unit\/save-knowledge-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Save knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You reached the end of the content unit about nanotoxicology. As there was a lot to learn, please receive a quick repetition of the most important things you learned about this topic:<\/p>\n<p><strong>How we can protect ourselves from unwanted nanostructures in the workplace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To protect workers from hazardous nanoparticles, it is necessary to be aware of the circumstances under which such particles are created. Even in areas seemingly unrelated to nanotechnology. People still inhale nanoparticles at many worksites without employers taking this into consideration and creating suitable conditions to protect their employees against pollution which, in the long-term, puts employee health at risk.<\/p>\n<p>If nanotechnology companies produce nanoparticles for further processing, personnel handling the nanoparticles needs to be protected by personal protective equipment. The most important in this area is the protection of mucous membranes, in particular the respiratory system and the eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Nanotechnology is considered to be a key enabling technology by the European Commission. It is considered to be an enabling technology, which is relevant for many sectors, such as chemicals, consumer products, health, energy, and the environment. As a consequence, the EU regulatory framework covers nanomaterials and potential risks associated with them.\u00a0 Safety of new nano products must be verified already during the development, i.e. long before the launch of mass production. The product needs to comply not only with the existing standards and regulations which often do not include nano solutions in their concepts, but also with regard to the possible penetration of the nanomaterial into the human body or the environment. It is also necessary to take into consideration what happens with the nanomaterials throughout their lifecycle, whether and in what concentrations they could represent a threat to the human health.<\/p>\n<p>Just as we have learned to use fire to our benefit in the past, we must work even with highly reactive nanoparticles with the same level of caution and safety. Only thus can we use their unique properties in the right way. For every nanomaterial, we need to examine how its physicochemical properties change in nanoscale, what the risks are and how they can be eliminated or mitigated.<\/p>\n<p>Nanotechnology is more and more often a target of hoaxes spread via the internet. Authors of hoaxes exploit the natural fear of the unknown. In order to debunk a hoax, the reader will need more than just the knowledge acquired at the primary or secondary school. He or she needs to look up sources. Hoaxes often refer to non-existent studies or non-existent quotes by actual or fabricated authorities. If the reader wants to find out the actual state of affairs, he or she should seek for the very sources available on trustworthy websites. They should also carefully assess the meaning of the words. If an authority claims that they are concerned about something, they should also state whether such concern is backed up by a relevant scientific study, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vibebp_attr":"","_vibebp_dimensions":"","_vibebp_responsive_height":"","_vibebp_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"module-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1304","unit","type-unit","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/1304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/unit"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/1304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1338,"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unit\/1304\/revisions\/1338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"module-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lms.nanoproject.eu\/lms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/module-tag?post=1304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}