Exposure assessment based recommendations to improve nanosafety at nanoliposome production sites

Christophe Bressot (1) , Neeraj Shandilya (1, 2) , Eugenia Nogueira (3) , Artur Cavaco-Paulo (3) , Martin Morgeneyer (2) , Olivier Le Bihan (1) , Olivier Aguerre-Chariol (1)

1 INERIS - Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques
2 TIMR - Transformation Intégrée de la Matière Renouvelable
3 IBB-CBE - Centre of Biological Engineering [Univ. Minho]

The NANOFOL concept aims at creating nanodevices containing a drug for inflammatory disorder treatment. This paper provides recommendations for nanosafety based on a measurement campaign which aimed at identifying exposure risks with respect to two specific phases of the product's lifecycle, that is, production of the device and its waste management. The nanoparticle's presence both in air and in liquid phase was studied. While no emissions were detected during the production period, many recommendations have been made, particularly regarding the nanowaste treatment, based on nanosafety guidelines.

Domains: Environmental Sciences

Christophe Bressot, Neeraj Shandilya, Eugenia Nogueira, Artur Cavaco-Paulo, Martin Morgeneyer, et al.. Exposure assessment based recommendations to improve nanosafety at nanoliposome production sites. Journal of Nanomaterials, 2015, pp.Art. 931405. ⟨10.1155/2015/931405⟩. ⟨ineris-01862567⟩