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ArticleJournal of hazardous materials2022

Release of particulate matter from nano-enabled building materials (NEBMs) across their lifecycle: Potential occupational health and safety implications.

Dilpreet Singh, Antonella Marrocco, Wendel Wohlleben, Hae-Ryung Park, Avantika R Diwadkar, Blanca E Himes, Quan Lu, David C Christiani, Philip Demokritou

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Article in Journal of hazardous materials, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Dilpreet SinghCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, 665 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Antonella MarroccoCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, 665 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Wendel WohllebenBASF SE, Material Physics, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Hae-Ryung ParkDepartment of Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
Avantika R DiwadkarDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Blanca E HimesDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Quan LuMolecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences, Department of Environmental Health, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, 665 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA.
David C ChristianiCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, 665 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Philip DemokritouCenter for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, 665 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: pdemokri@hsph.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USBASF (Germany) · DEUniversity of Rochester · US

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES000002 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI JAIME ELIZABETH HART · 1985 to 2026
$44.6M
The HSPH Education and Research Center of Occupational Safety and HealthT42OH008416 · OH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI CHRISTIANI, DAVID C · 2005 to 2025
$30.5M
Training Program in Molecular and Integrative Physiological SciencesT32HL007118 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI LU, QUAN · 1985 to 2025
$14.3M
ACL HHS T42OH008416NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007118NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES000002NIOSH CDC HHS T42 OH008416
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study investigates potential nanomaterial releases and occupational health risks across the lifecycle of nano-enabled building materials (NEBMs), namely, insulations and coatings. We utilized real-world degradation scenarios of a) sanding (mechanical), b) incineration (thermal), and c) accelerated UV-aging (environmental) followed by incineration. Extensive physicochemical characterization of the released lifecycle particulate matter (LCPM) was performed. The LCPM

Indexed as

Occupational HealthParticulate MatterAerosolsConstruction MaterialsHumansIncinerationAerosolsParticulate MatterCoatingsEngineered nanomaterialsExposure and risk assessmentIncinerationInsulationsNanofillerSandingUV-aging/weathering

Identifiers

PMID34391975
PMCPMC8595827
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