Rapid adoption of emerging technologies in the workplace can present novel exposure scenarios and unintended health risks among workers. Equipping a health and safety workforce to assess and control unanticipated exposures to both familiar and novel contaminants associated with emerging technologies in the context of limited data will help prevent occupational disease and loss of life. The Interdisciplinary Training, Education and Research Activities for Assessing and Controlling Contaminants from Emerging Technologies (InTERACCT) Program at the University of Minnesota helps build an occupational health and safety workforce capable of anticipating and preventing hazards from emerging technologies. Cross-cutting skills are developed through three core courses: chemical hazard recognition, exposure assessment and cumulative risk assessment. These skills are applied to three emerging technologies: nanotechnology (NT), additive manufacturing (AM), and novel drug delivery (NDD).
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