NIL Links to Databases and Resources

Below are links to databases with information concerning the health and safety implications of nanotechnology. We provide these links in a co-operative effort to support expanding knowledge in this fast growing field of science.

• ICON EHS Database at Rice University
  

  An extensive bibliography of articles related to the environmental health and safety implications of nanomaterials.

• Inventory of EHS Research provided by Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars
  

  An inventory of government funded research projects related to the environmental health and safety of nanomaterials.

• Nano-Biological Interactions Database

  A database project underway at Oregon State University to catalog the biological effects of nanomaterials.

• Inter Nano

  A web site of the National Nanomanufacturing Network describing a beta version of a nanomaterial database.

• IRSST Activities In Nanotechnology

  Provides descriptions of ongoing efforts in nanotechnology heath and safety, supported by the IRSST, a non profit research institute for occupational health and safety research.

• The Nanoparticle Information Library

  A CDC/NIOSH database of nanoparticle images, physico-chemical properties, and health & safety information.

• caNanoLab Portal

  developed by the NCI Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT) and the NCI Nanoparticle Characterization Laboratory (NCL) in coordination with the NCI’s Cancer Centers of Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNEs).

• NanoImpactNet

  European Network on the Health and Environmental Impact of Nanomaterials

• GoodNanoGuide

  A multidisciplinary network of expert collaborators. An expert collaboration platform for developing and sharing information on occupational safety and health issues for nanotechnology.

• International Alliance for NanoEHS Harmonization

  A research scientists grassroots effort to develop validated toxicity protocols.

• NanoRisk Framework

  A risk management framework developed by DuPont and Environmental Defense

• Preventing Adverse Health Effects from Nanotechnology.

  A one-hour presentation in the CDC Grand Rounds series.