| Summary: |
This memorandum reinforces responsibilities and provides information for managing
ESOH risks of engineered nanomaterials in DoD research, acquisition, operations, and support. Environment, Safety and Occupational Health (ESOH) professionals and program managers should exercise diligence in meeting their responsibilities to protect the health and safety of workers and the public by ensuring that ESOH hazards are identified and the associated risks managed pursuant to DoDI 5000.2, Military Standard 882D, and other DoD policy requirements. Since no current standard exists to fully evaluate ESOH risks, S&T managers should support ESOH risk research to close information gaps in developmental efforts using nanomaterials. Additionally, they should keep abreast of current knowledge of ESOH risks for engineered nanomaterials and provide S&'r managers, PMs, and users with ESOH risk management options required by DoDI 6055.5. As information relevant to emerging nanomaterials risk science and policy issues becomes available, it will be posted at the Defense ESOH Information Exchange site (www.DENIX/osd.mil under the MERIT working group. |