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The Convergence of EHS and Nanotechnology is Here. Are You Ready?
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Is your company heading toward nanotechnology product applications? Is your company already occupying the nano space? Are you undergoing a reclassification of existing technology to feed off of the current trend? Do you have questions as to what is appropriately promoted as nanotechnology? If you have answered “yes' to any of these questions, you will want to know both what is already in place and what is on the horizon in 2006 that will affect future EPA and OSHA compliance, standards development efforts and product stewardship in this rapidly growing field.
As described in the scope of the ISO TC-229 Committee on Nanotechnologies, the field of nanotechnologies includes either or both of the following –
- Understanding and control of matter and processes at the nanoscale, typically, but not exclusively, below 100 nanometers in one or more dimensions where the onset of size-dependent phenomena usually enables novel applications, and
- Utilizing the properties of nanoscale materials that differ from the properties of individual atoms, molecules, and bulk matter, to create improved materials, devices, and systems that exploit these new properties.
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- Report on the status of numerous regulatory and standards development activities here and overseas, including an overview of EPA's pilot program and recently issued White Paper on nanotechnology, NIOSH best practices recommendations for nanotechnology, and international standards activities undertaken by ASTM , ISO , Japan , China , and elsewhere.
- Identify current legal and regulatory obligations, and those likely to be added in the future.
- Create an appreciation for the cross-cutting nature of this field through a discussion of:
- Characterization and implications of exposure and disposal will be discussed in relation to the four material classifications of carbon, metal, composite, and dendrimer materials that we currently see in use in nanotechnologies.
- Lessons learned from toxicological research and regulation of ultrafine particles and related materials.
- Current nanotechnology applications and those on the horizon in the chemicals, coatings, cosmetics, defense, devices, drugs, mechanical, packaging, plastics and other sectors.
- Potential antitrust, advertising and other implications.
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Who Should Purchase this CD?
- Safety managers and engineers
- Industrial hygienists
- EHS regulatory professionals
- Product managers
- Facility managers
- R&D personnel
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Presenters and Panelists:
 Martha Marrapese,
Attorney,
Keller & Heckman, LLP
 Larry Halprin, Esq.
Keller and Heckman LLP
Mr. Halprin draws on his technical and business background to counsel individual companies and trade associations in a broad range of workplace health and safety, environmental, product safety, and business transactions issues. He has a hands-on familiarity with the manufacturing environment and has represented clients in the aerospace, chemical, construction, electronics, food, machines, paper and forest products, pharmaceuticals, plastics, steel, telecommunications and transportation industries.
Mr. Halprin works with clients in developing, implementing and auditing environmental, health and safety management programs; he advises on legal compliance issues; and he represents clients in a broad range of enforcement and rulemaking proceedings at the federal and state levels. Mr. Halprin has been a strong advocate of re-inventing government, particularly with respect to regulatory reform. He has testified before Congress and participated in numerous government rulemakings in an effort to limit agency rules to what is necessary, practical and justified by appropriate risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis. Mr. Halprin is a frequent writer and speaker on regulatory reform and a broad range of environmental, health and safety management issues.
In his transactional practice, Mr. Halprin has provided counsel and negotiated: real estate purchase and leasing agreements for residential and commercial properties; real estate financing agreements for commercial office buildings; asset sales agreements; and telecommunications system design, construction and operating agreements. Before joining Keller and Heckman, Mr. Halprin clerked for the Honorable Charles R. Johnston of the U.S. Tax Court.
Mr. Halprin is a member of the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania Bars.
University of Pennsylvania (B.S.Ch.E., with honors, 1974); Duquesne University (J.D., 1977); George Washington University (M.B.A. in Finance and Investments, 1984, Beta Gamma Sigma).
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