European NANOCAP project: ETUI-REHS steps into debate on infinitely small technologies

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European NANOCAP project: ETUI-REHS steps into debate on infinitely small technologies

The rapid pace of nanotechnology development has sparked fierce debate in recent months around the risks and benefits to society of infinitely small technologies.

This September (2006) sees the start of a three-year collaboration by the ETUI-REHS Health and Safety Department in the NANOCAP project launched by a Dutch research institute, involving universities, environmental protection NGOs and trade unions from several European countries.

The project aims to expand our knowledge of nanotechnologies and what their rapid development will mean for society, and especially the health of workers involved in producing or handling these atom-sized substances.

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The NANOCAP partners also aim to push industry and the scientific community to make risk management central to nanotechnology development and marketing.

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