Health and Safety Update is published four times a year by the CUPE National Health and Safety Branch. Offering the latest news and developments in the health and safety world, Update looks at the occupational impacts for CUPE members and Canadian workers.
Issues are available online at CUPE.ca/HSupdate. Paper editions are provided through CUPE’s general mailing.
Nanotechnology is a fast-growing industry, with new innovations and products emerging almost daily. It’s showing up in places you might not expect: cosmetics, paint, cleaners, food packaging, clothing and even pool chemicals.
But do we really know what kind of effects these minute particles have? Currently less than five per cent of the nanotech research funds go into the health and safety implications of the new technology, and the truth is no one really knows what kind of consequences it could have for workers and our environment.
Find out more about nanontechnology and other health and safety issues in the latest Health and Safety Update!
