PExA is part of a research project to better understand the work environment in the 3D printing industry.
A research project to better understand the working environment in the 3D printing industry has been launched. It is an interdisciplinary project called NanoSafety 2 started in Örebro. The project is a collaboration between several companies in the 3D printing industry, Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Örebro University Hospital and Örebro University’s two research environments Human-Technology-Environment (MTM) and Inflammatory Response and Infection Susceptibility Centre (iRiSC).
The project, funded by the Knowledge Foundation, aims to investigate how tiny particles, known as nanoparticles, generated in the 3D printing industry can affect those who are exposed.
As part of previous research, employees in the 3D printing industry have regularly provided urine and blood samples, but in this new and in-depth project they will also be asked to provide breath samples in a PExA instrument. By being able to use non-invasive collection of lung fluid for biomarker analysis, it is possible to follow how the interior of the lung is affected over time and exposure levels.
The project has three objectives: to detect risks, propose solutions and develop a research center for the safety of ultra-small particles. To understand their size, one billion nanometers can be found in a standard meter. Typical examples of naturally occurring nanoparticles are viruses and gas molecules.
Tomas Gustafsson, CEO of PExA comments: “We are happy to be part of this collaboration between academia, society and industry that aims to understand how this new and fast-growing industry affects human health. It also shows the breadth of how our unique research instrument can be used to study the innermost part of the lung in everything from work environment to lung cancer.”
More information on the NanoSafety 2 project
Source: Vikingen.se
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