Updating of the NIOSH 2009 nanotechnology strategic plan is being run by The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. The 2009 updated plan of the agency specifically aims at developing the strategic research goals and its objectives through 2015.

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Asbestos is known as one of the very harmful substance that has microscopic fibers and which can easily become airborne. Thus it was ordered by the legal authorities that all the building materials that contain asbestos must be immediately removed from the site prior to the demolition of the buildings.

But at one of the Edmonton demolition sites in an ongoing project of an Alberta company, the OHS investigators found materials containing asbestos. Showing their concern in the matter and after noting loose insulation along with significant amounts of white powder surrounding some dismantled piping, the Alberta Company was ordered to pay a $35,000 penalty for its failure to address the hazard of asbestos exposure.

Out of which, a fine of $5,000 was imposed on Eco-Industrial Business Park Inc. after pleading guilty in provincial court to a charge under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and $30,000 was ordered to be donated to the Alberta Workers Health Centre, a charitable group that educates workers about unsafe jobsite situations.

The investigators took eight samples of the workers, among them five tested positive for asbestos fibres, and two contained 50% asbestos content. Canadian Consolidated is till date facing Occupation Health and Safety Act charges relating to the above incident.