NANOTECHNOLOGIES:

WONDERS AND UNCERTAINTIES

IN THE UNIVERSE OF CHEMISTRY
 Country President
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Minister Of Labor
Carlos Lupi

Fundacentro

Current President
Eduardo de Azeredo Costa

Executive Director
Eduardo de Azeredo Costa

Technical Director
Jófilo Moreira Lima Júnior

Finance And Administration Director

Hilbert Pfaltzgraff Ferreira
 Screenplay
Thomaz Ferreira Jensen - Dieese

Script
Antonio Gracias Vieira Filho (Tonico) - Colaborator IIEP

Translation
Lorena Guimarães

Translation Revision
Amalia Leguizamón
(The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY))

Nanotechnologies:
WONDERS AND UNCERTAINTIES
IN THE UNIVERSE OF CHEMISTRY

MINISTÉRIO
DO TRABALHO E EMPREGO

FUNDACENTRO
FUNDAÇÃO JORGE DUPRAT FIGUEIREDO
DE SEGURANÇA E MEDICINA DO TRABALHO

São Paulo
2010
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The text is also available at: www.fundacentro.gov.br

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São Paulo – SP
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Jensen, Thomaz Ferreira.

Nanotecnologia : maravilhas e incertezas no universo da química / Thomaz Ferreira Jensen ;
roteiro de Antonio Gracias Vieira Filho. - São Paulo : Fundacentro, 2010.
24 p. : principalmente il. color ; 23 cm. - (Nanotecnologia em quadrinhos ; n. 2).

Result of project “Nanotechnology Impacts on workers health and on environment” developed

by Fundacentro in partnership with Renanosoma, IIEP, DIESAT, DIEESE, Osasco Metalworkers
Union, ABC region Chemist Union, Instituto Observatório Social, ENSP/Fiocruz and Cerest/SP, under
coordination of Arline Sydneia Abel Arcuri.
Text in comic book.
ISBN 978-85-98117-54-6

1. Nanotecnologia - Risco químico - História em quadrinhos.

I. Vieira Filho, Antonio Gracias. II. Fernandes, Marcus.

CIS Czyma Yc Vekt CDU 621.039+614.8:544.03(084.1)

CIS

CIS – Classification of “Centre International d’Informations de Sécurité et d’Hygiene du Travail”

CDU – Universal Decimal Classification

Factsheet
Editorial Supervision: Glaucia Fernandes - Fundacentro
Proofreading: Karina Penariol Sanches - Fundacentro
Illustration: Marcus Fernandes - Gibbor Brasil
 HUNF...
SO MANY INTERESTING IT´S SO BORING
THINGS TO SEE AND WE TO STAY HERE DOING
ARE STUCK IN HERE! NOTHING…

CHEER UP GUYS!
THE BEST THAT HMM... THIS
NANOTECHNOLOGY IS ABLE YEP, AND GIVES ME
TO PRODUCE CAN BE SEEN WE ARE NOT A GREAT IDEA!
RIGHT...
IN HERE! ABLE TO SEE ANY
NICE...
OF THIS….
VERY WELL GUYS!
I WILL GIVE YOU HALF
AN HOUR TO WALK
AROUND THEN! BUT
DON´T BE LATE!

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 HEHEHE!
I WONDER IF GABRIEL WILL
STILL LISTEN TO ANTÔNIO´S
NONSENSE TALK AFTER
WALKING AROUND THIS
WONDERFUL FAIR!
IT IS TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE,
MS. SANDRA...
VERY
HUNF! I JUST WANT NICE…
YOU GUYS TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE PRODUCTS THAT
YOU ARE GOING TO CARRY!
NOW GO…...

RIGHT AFTER, AT THE FAIR...

REMEMBER
LAST TIME SHE WAS PETROPLAST GOOD IDEA!
FROM WHAT I´VE LEARNED WHY DON´T
THIS NICE? IT WAS RIGHT PETROCHEMICAL AT THE UNION COURSE,
BOY, WE START HERE,
WHEN MS. SANDRA BEFORE SHE ASSIGNED US TO COMPANY: PLASTIC NANOTECHNOLOGY CAN MR. ANTÔNIO?
TAKE A FREIGHT INNOVATIONS BRING GREAT INNOVATIONS
ACTS THAT NICE… I
GET GOOSE BUMPS! ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO TO PLASTIC
THE COUNTRY! PRODUCTION!

ARE YOU ENJOYING THE WOW! TELL US

FAIR? GREAT PRODUCTS, ALL ABOUT IT!
HUH? WOULD YOU LIKE
PETROPLAST IS A
TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
I BET THIS GUY PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY.
NANOTECHNOLOGY AND
DRINKS A LOT OF THESE TYPES OF COMPANIES ARE
PLASTICS?
COFFEE… THE BASE OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY.
WE ARE EXPERTS ON THE PRODUCTION OF
PLASTIC RESIN, USED, FOR EXAMPLE, TO
MANUFACTURE PACKING MATERIAL!
TODAY, THE NANOCOMPOSITES
ARE REVOLUTIONIZING
OUR PRODUCTION!

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 HEY
MR. ANTÔNIO... LET
HIM EXPLAIN THIS
ONE, WILL YA?

ALL RIGHT...
WOULD YOU WHAT ARE LET´S HEAR HIM... HE
LIKE TO KNOW THEM? IS SO EXCITED
MORE ABOUT ANYWAYS...
IT? ACCORDING
TO THE
CLASSES FROM
THE UNION...

OUR AND WHAT THIS PROCEDURES

NANOCOMPOSITES CAN IS THE ADVANTAGE ALLOWS FOR GREATER BOTTLE
BE OBTAINED THROUGH OF A PLASTIC CON- RESISTANCE, AS WELL AS
THE INTRODUCTION OF TAINER PRODUCED TO REDUCE PLASTIC AND TO MAKE
CLAY NANOPARTICLES IN WITH NANOCOM- THEM LIGHTER. WITH THIS
THE PLASTICS! POSITES? PACKAGING, NOW BEVERAGE LIFETIME
I ALSO KNOW CAN GO UP FROM 120 TO
THIS ONE… MORE THAN 180 DAYS!

IN GENERAL,
THIS NEW MATERIAL
IS MANUFACTURED TO SENSATIONAL! THE NANOCOMPOSITES
ASSURE BETTER ARE ALSO IN THE AUTOMOBILE
PROTECTION AGAINST I DON´T SEE
AND AERONAUTICS INDUSTRIES!
HUMIDITY, SOLVENTS, ANYBODY TALKING
THEY ARE REPLACING METAL
AND CHEMICAL ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF
COMPONENTS, WHICH ARE HEAVY
STEAM! NANOTECHNOLOGY…
AND HARD TO HANDLE, FOR
LIGHTER, MOLDABLE, AND
RESISTANT ONES!

CHECK THIS
OUT, MR.
ANTÔNIO!

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 WELL, OH… ALL RIGHT…
THAT´S ALL WELL, TAKE SOME
SURE…
GENTLEMEN! ARE YOU BOTTLES, BROCHURES,
SIR, WE LOVE
FROM A BIG AND GIFTS.
I AM JUST THE GIFTS.
COMPANY? WOULD YOU´LL LOVE THEM…
DRIVER OF A
YOU LIKE TO ORDER
FREIGHT SERVICES GREAT!
SOME TONS OF
FIRM THAT IS WE ARE GETTING
NANOCOMPOSITES?
PARTICIPATING IN NANOCOMPOSITES!
THIS FAIR. AND I AM HIS
ASSISTANT!

BACK TO THE FAIR...

THIS IS
ALL VERY INTERESTING!
BUT I STILL DON´T GET THIS HEY MR.
NANOTECHNOLOGY TALK… RIGHT... ANTÔNIO... I JUST
COULD YOU EXPLAIN ME WHY DON´T WANTED TO BE NICE
AGAIN? YOU ASK THE CHEERFUL TO THE GUY… DID YOU ALL RIGHT...
GUY, THE “INCREDIBLE SEE HOW HE NEEDED LET´S HEAR HIM...
PLASTICS” TO TALK? HE IS SO EXCITED
ONE? ANYWAY...

NANOTECHNOLOGY ALLOWS US
TO WORK WITH MATTER, FOR CIENTIFIC
OR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES, AT NANOMETER
SCALE! 1 NANOMETER IS THE SAME OF

1 METER (m)
ONE METER BILLIONTH! A HAIR,
FOR EXAMPLE, IS SOMETHING
AROUND 50,000 AND 10,000
NANOMETERS!

HUMAN
HAIR

1 NANOMETER
(nm)
BETWEEN 50,000 AND 100,000
NANOMETERS THICK

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 IT IS ALSO
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT
THE REDUCED SIZE HAS IMPORTANT
IMPLICATIONS! THE ELEMENTS
PROPERTIES CAN QUITE CHANGE AT
THE NANO SCALE!

- STABLE ELEMENTS MAY BECOME REACTIVE,

- SAFE MATERIAL MAY BECOME TOXIC,

- ELEMENTS CAN CHANGE COLOR,

- ISOLATING MATERIAL MAY BECOME CONDUCTORS…

SIR, MAY I WHAT?

HOLY COW! NANOPARTICLES’ BEHAVIOR JOIN IN?
I HAVEN’T WELL… BE
CAN BE IMPREDICTABLE. THUS, IT’S I AM IMPRESSED WITH MY GUEST!
THOUGHT OF NECESSARY TO STUDY ITS POTENTIAL YOUR EXPLANATION!
THIS!
IMPACT ON WORKERS AND CONSUMERS’ I AM A CHEMISTRY
WOW...
SAFETY AND HEALTH, AND TO THE PROFESSOR! MAY I
HE CAME
ENVIRONMENT! PARTICIPATE IN THIS
RIGHT IN!
CONVERSATION?

THROUGH THIS
NEW TECHNOLOGY, WE WILL
IT IS IMPORTANT PRODUCE NOT ONLY FROM “TOP
TO POINT OUT THAT WELL, I DON´T DOWN”, BUT ALSO FROM
SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY KNOW MUCH “BOTTOM UP”, GENTLEMEN!
HAS A BASIC ROLE FOR ABOUT THIS.
NANOTECHNOLOGY! GENTLEMEN,
SUPRAMOLECULAR WHAT THE
CHEMISTRY! HECK HE IS
TALKING ABOUT?

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 THINK ABOUT IT!
TO MAKE BREAD, WHAT DO WE
NEED? FLOUR, RIGHT! FLOUR COMES
FROM WHEAT! SO, WE HARVEST
THE WHEAT AND PRODUCE THE BAKERY
FLOUR TO BE USED IN THE BREAD!
WE ARE PRODUCING
“TOP DOWN”!

WHEAT
WHEAT
FLOUR

BREAD
MILL/FLOUR FACTORY

TOP DOWN NANOTECHNOLOGY LETS

US MANIPULATE MATTER “TOP
DOWN”! WE WILL BE ABLE TO........!
IMAGINE THE IMPACT ON PRODUC-
TION CHAINS! THESE
MATERIAL
PROCESSES WILL DEMAND
LESS LABOR AND VERY
FEW RAW MATERIALS!
WHEAT ANDPRODUCE THE FLOUR
THINK
ABOUT IT! TO MAKE BREAD,
NONMATERIAL
WHAT DO WE NEED? FLOUR,
RIGHT! FLOUR COMES FROM
WHEAT! SO, WE HARVEST THE
TO BE USED IN THE BREAD! WE
ARE PRODUCING
FROM “BOTTOM UP”! AGGLOMERATED

DUST

NONMATERIAL
ATOMS

BOTTOM UP

IN THIS PROCESS,
WE WILL USE THE SELF-ASSEMBLY!
WE WILL HAVE MOLECULES WITH
SPECIFIC FEATURES, WHICH WILL BE
ABLE TO ASSOCIATE SPONTANEOUSLY
SELF-ASSEMBLY AMONG THEMSELVES! GENTLEMEN, WE
WILL PRODUCE NANOSTRUCTURES
AND NANOMATERIALS
FROM MOLECULES!

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 NUTS HUH? I ALSO LIKED IT...
BUT IT WAS A GREAT BUT THIS COULD BE TAUGHT AT
EXPLANATION! WHAT DID SCHOOL! MAN, I ONLY STUDIED
YOU THINK? ATOMS AND NOT MUCH OF IT!
BYE… THEY NEED TO UPDATE THE
I AM LEAVING NOW! BYE BYE… CHEMISTRY CLASSES!
PROFESSOR.
IT WAS A PLEASURE TO
MEET YOU, GOODBYE.

YOU ARE RIGHT! MY FRIENDS! COOL!

OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT AT NANOFOODS WE ARE ABLE BUT WHAT TYPE
PREPARED TO DISCUSS NEW TO PLACE THE MOST VARIED OF ELEMENT? IN
TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR MR. ANTÔNIO, ELEMENTS IN NANOCAPSULES WHICH ELEMENT?
IMPACT ON SOCIETY AND LET´S COME AND THEN ADD THEM TO GIVE US AN
THE ENVIRONMENT! BACK TO THE FAIR... OUR FOOD! EXAMPLE!
MAYBE I WILL AMAZING...
LEARN MORE.

COUGH!
INCREDIBLE! COUGH!
THIS IS CAFFEINE HEY BUDDY...
HAVE YOU GUYS RESEARCH? THIS GUY IS
NANOPOWER! NANOCAPSULES!
CONDUCTED RELIABLE HMM... RELIABLE? REALLY COOL,
AN ENERGETIC DRINK MR. ANTÔNIO!
TO WHICH WE ADDED RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT THAT LISTEN, WOULD YOU
CAFFEINE THESE NANOCAPSULES MAY HAVE LIKE TO TAKE SOME
ON CONSUMERS’ HEALTH? ENERGETIC DRINKS SUPER COOL...
NANOCAPSULES!
TOXIC EFFECTS? ALERGIC AS GIFTS? I CAN SEE THAT…
REACTIONS? AND MORE
GIFTS!

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AT ANOTHER BOOTH...
NANOINKS NANOINKS
STUDY? CAR PAINTING
CAR PAINTING SAFETY I DON´T KNOW...
IT SEEMS THAT THE GUYS OVER
THE PLANT ARE CONCERNED
SURE, SURE… ABOUT THIS… BUT I HAVE LOTS
HEY INK MAN, DO YOU OF PENS, PAPERS, CUPS, AND YOU ARE
WE PAINT CARS BROCHURES! PLEASE TAKE
HAVE ANY STUDY ON SAFETY TERRIBLE MR.
USING WITH
THEM! THEY ARE OUR INDEED
SCRATCH-RESISTANT IN THE WORKPLACE TO THOSE ANTÔNIO...
GIFTS FOR YOU! I AM!
PAINT MADE WITH THIS IS NICE, THAT PRODUCE THIS INK?
NANOPARTICLES ISNT´T IT MR. CAN THESE NANOPARTICLES
ANTÔNIO? BE TOXIC?

MR. ANTÔNIO STRIKES ONC AGAIN...

SHINY PLASTICS
SHINY PLASTICS
WE MANUFACTURE THEY CAN
“OLEDS”! THEY ARE USED BE FOUND IN THE
IN SHINY PLASTICS! THEY DISPLAY OF DIGITAL
ARE THIN PLATES OF A INCREDIBLE!
CAMERAS AND CAMCORDERS!
MATERIAL SIMILAR TO PLASTICS THAT
IN THE FUTURE, THEY WILL
PLASTIC THAT EMIT LIGHT SHINE!
BE FOUND IN CELL PHONES THAT´S
WHILE RECEIVING WHAT ARE AND PORTABLE I AM
ELECTRIC ENERGY! INNOVATION!
OLEDS GOOD COMPUTERS! SURPRISED
FOR? TOO!

RIGHT...
SHINE PLASTICS BUT DO YOU INVEST ON
STUDIES ON HEALTH AND LASTICS
THE PRODUCTION SAFETY OF WORKERS
OF THIS NEW DISPLAY IS AND CONSUMERS? WHAT
CHEAPER THAN LIQUID ABOUT THE DISPOSAL OF THIS
CRYSTAL SCREENS THAT MATERIAL OUT
WE CURRENTLY USE! THE MAN!
IN THE ENVIRONMENT?
OLEDS HAVE THEIR OWN
YEAH!
LIGHT, WHICH RESULTS IN
LOWER ENERGY OUCH...
CONSUMPTION! THIS IS THE GUY
WHO IS ALWAYS
ASKING ABOUT SAFETY
AND HEALTH… SHALL WE
GET SOME GIFTS?

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 NEW UNIVERSE THE BEST TRAINED

FREIGHT SERVICES DRIVERS AND

ASSISTANTS IN THE
MARKET!
WE AGREED IT WAS VERY
HALF AN HOUR ONLY MS. SANDRA, IMPORTANT, MS. SANDRA.
GUYS! YOU GUYS HAVE THERE WERE PLENTY WE WOULDN´T LEARN MUCH
LEFT MORE THAN ONE OF FANTASTIC NEWS! ON NANOTECHNOLOGY
HOUR AGO! HOW DO YOU STAYING HERE, RIGHT?
EXPLAIN THIS, HUH?

OK GUYS, WOW! I AM QUITE HAPPY

YOU ARE RIGHT! IS SHE FEELING ALL GUYS! I JUST CLOSED A GREAT DEAL
I GUESS IT WAS RIGHT? SHE IS SO TO OUR COMPANY HERE AT THE FAIR!
VERY GOOD TO WALK UNDERSTANDING! WE WILL CARRY NANOCOMPOSITES
AROUND THE BETWEEN A PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY
FAIR. SPECIALIZED IN PLASTIN RESINS
AND A PACKING FACTORY!

NO TRUCK FOR ME!

I´LL TAKE A CAB! TAKE THE
PETROCHEMICAL PLANT’S
BECAUSE I LIKE YEAH… ADDRESS TO PICK THE
YOU SO MUCH, MY HOW COOL… NANOCOMPOSITES UP AND
COLABORATORS, I HAVE WE´LL MEET THERE TOMORROW,
DECIDED THAT YOU BOTH AT 8:00 AM! THEY WILL WALK WHEW!
WILL DRIVE THE FIRST US AROUND THE PLANT! SHE WILL TAKE
FREIGHT! UNDER MY A CAB!
SUPERVISION! BACK TO THE
TRUCK, RIGHT,
MS. SANDRA?

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THE NEXT DAY, 8:00 AM, SHARP…

GUYS, THIS GOOD

MORNING GOOD MORNING
IS HENRIQUE,
MR. GENTLEMEN.
PETROPLAST
HENRIQUE. PLEASE CALL ME NHAM...
COMMERCIAL GOOD
HENRIQUE .
DIRECTOR! MORNING...

OUR COMPANY
IS GETTING AHEAD
IN THE NANOCOMPOSITES
PRODUCTION. THE PRODUCT HAS
BEEN WELL RECEIVED IN THE
MARKET. THUS, WE NEED
TO EXPAND OUR
DISTRIBUTION
CHANNELS.
PETROPLAST IS DON´T
A PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY AND WE WORRY ABOUT IT,
DEAL WITH MATERIALS THAT ARE HENRIQUE! NEW
HAZARDOUS TO OUR HEALTH. WE NEED UNIVERSE FREIGHT
A CARRIER THAT TAKES PROPER SERVICES IS READY TO
CARE IN ACCORDANCE TO THIS TASK,
CURRENT LEGISLATION. RIGHT GUYS?

MS. SANDRA,
CONSIDERING THE RISKS PLEASE
INVOLVED, WOULDN´T IT ANNOYING
FOLLOW ME. LET´S DRIVER! ALWAYS
BE BETTER TO EVALUATE CHECK PETROPLAST WHERE?
THE LOAD FIRST? WHAT A CUTE CONCERNED
BUTTERFLY! PRODUCTION LET´S GO!
WITH THIS, WITH
SO CUTE… LINE OUT. THAT…. ARGH!

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 WOW,
THIS PLACE IS
HUGE!

FOR EXAMPLE,
WE MIGHT NEED SOME TONS OF
PLASTIC RESINS FOR A PACKING FACTORY.
WE WORK ON THE PRODUCTION OF THESE
RESINS, WHICH LEAVE OUR PLANT IN THE
SHAPE OF THESE LITTLE PIECES. FINALLY, AT THE
PACKING FACTORY, THE
RESIN IS HEATED UP AND VERY
INCREDIBLE,
SHAPED, OR INJECTED TO INTERESTING
RIGHT GUYS?
MANUFACTURE THE MOST MS. SANDRA!
VARIED TYPES OF
PACKING.

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 NANOTECHNOLOGY LIGHTER
IS ALREADY A REALITY IN OUR
COMPANY. IT IS ALREADY PRESENT IN
NANOCOMPOSITES OBTAINED THROUGH LESS
NANOPARTICLES’ INTRODUCTION, SUCH PLASTIC USED
AS FROM CLAY, INTO PLASTICS.
THIS BRINGS SEVERAL
ADVANTAGES…
120 DAYS 180 DAYS
IT ALLOWS
LIFETIME LIFETIME
GREATER BOTTLE
RESISTANCE, WHICH BECOME
LIGHTER! THE QUANTITY OF
PLASTIC USED TO AND
MANUFACTURE THEM BEVERAGES
IS LESS! STORED IN
THESE BOTTLES
CAN HAVE LONGER
LIFETIMES, FROM
120 TO MORE
THAN 180 DAYS!
IT IS THE FIRST
TIME THAT I
GET SOMETHING
RIGHT IN THIS
COMIC BOOK!
WOW!

HUNF. I STUDIED
VERY NANOTECHNOLOGY AT
IMPRESSIVE THE DRIVERS UNION, IN
GENTLEMAN. A COURSE I TOOK. LET´S KEEP ON
MOVING. I DO NOT WANT
TO INTERRUPT THE LEARNING
OF TWO YOUNG MEN SO…
WE HAVE ALSO INTELLIGENT AND NICE. HUNF.
LEARNED ABOUT LET´S SEE MORE OF
NANOCOMPOSITES AT THE COMPANY.
THESE GUYS YOUR COMPANY’S
ARE DRIVING BOOTH, AT THE
ME CRAZY! FAIR.

OH, NOTHING
IMPORTANT...

CIPA OFFICE
HENRIQUE, BUREAUCRATIC SERVICES,
CIPA (INTERNAL
WHAT DOES MR. ANTÔNIO,
COMMISSION ON ACCIDENTS I AM
THIS SECTOR PREVENTION) STARVING! BULLETIN LONG TIME
HERE PRODUCE? MEETINGS… BOARD NO SEE!
HEY!
OLGA!

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 OUR INTERNAL
THIS IS OLGA,
COMISSION ON
A CIPA MEMBER,
INSIDE PETROPLAST.
HELLO.
YOU MUST BE AS
IPA OFFICE ACCIDENTS PREVENTION IS
SMART AS MR. LIKE YOURS, AT THE
OLGA, THEY
ANTÔNIO... SHE FREIGHT SERVICES.
REPRESENT
IS MUCH ACCORDING TO THE
NEW UNIVERSE
MORE! REGULATING RULE # 5, IT IS
FREIGHT SERVICES.
COMPOSED BY EMPLOYEES, AND
SANDRA, ANTÔNIO
HOW DOES PERFORMS ACTIVITIES TO
AND GABRIEL.
YOUR CIPA ASSURE HEALTH AND SAFETY
WORK? IN THE WORKPLACE,
ACCORDING TO
THE LEGISLATION FROM
THE MINISTRY
OF LABOR…

AND DON´T ACTUALLY,

FORGET THAT THE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT PRODUCING
ENVIRONMENT NANOCOMPOSITES AT INDUSTRIAL SCALE. THE
SHOULD ALSO BE CIPA IS
IMPORTANT... BUT IT STUDIES ABOUT NANOPARTICLES’ IMPACTS ON
A CIPA CONCERN, WORKERS AND CONSUMERS´ HEALTH – AND ON THE
RIGHT OLGA? IS A MUST TO WORK IN
A NANOTECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT, SEE, MR. ANTÔNIO – ARE STILL
ISN´T
COMPANY, VERY LIMITED…
IT MRS.
RIGHT? OLGA?

PESSIMISM?
NOW IT IS MAN! TELL US A LITTLE
CLEAR WHERE MR.
ANTÔNIO´S OH NO…
NOW MS.
SANDRA IS
MORE ABOUT IT,
OLGA!
CIPA OFFICE
PESSIMISM COMES HERE WE GOING TO
FROM… GO… HEAR SOME! BUL TIN
B ARD

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 IT IS NOT ABOUT PESSIMISM! THERE
ARE SEVERAL ISSUES ABOUT THE TOXIC POTENCIAL OF
NANOPARTICLES, AND WORKERS AND CONSUMERS HAVE
THE RIGHT TO BE INFORMED ON THIS MATTER!

THAT´S RIGHT!
THERE IS NO SPECIFIC
REGULATION ON THE PRODUCTION AND
COMERCIALIZATION OF NANOWORKED
MAN, PRODUCTS OR THE ONES THAT HAVE
THESE UNION NANOPARTICLES!
PEOPLE… CIPA OFFICE
BULLETIN
BOARD

THERE ARE THERE IS NO THIS IS AN INDUSTRY

NO SPECIFIC LAWS, WAY TO PRECISELY THAT PRODUCES NANOCOMPOSITES! HOW
STANDARDS, OR EVALUATE THE RISKS TO CAN WE EVALUATE IF THIS IS SAFE TO
PROTOCOLS THAT GUIDE THE WORKERS! THUS, WORKERS? CONSUMERS ARE ALSO
ON THE INSPECTION OF CIPA HAS DEMANDED UNPROTECTED! THUS, NANO PRODUCTS
THESE COMPOSITES! INFORMATION AND SHOULD HAVE A SPECIFIC
MAXIMUM CARE IN WARNING LABEL!
PROCESSES THAT INVOLVE
NANOTECHNOLOGY!

THESE PEOPLE
ARE SO SCARED OF
WHAT IS NEW, MRS. OLGA, HER WORDS IT IS NOT
IMPRESSIVE… THIS ALARMISM IS ARE EVEN MORE ABOUT ALARMISM!
GOING TO SCARE BEAUTIFUL THAN IT IS ABOUT ETHICS
OUR CLIENTES MR. ANTÔNIO´S! IN THE PRODUCTIVE
AWAY! PROCESS! FICE
BULLETIN
BOARD

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 COMPANIES
SHOULD INFORM WORKERS AND
SOCIETY ON THE USE OF NANO
MATERIALS! THUS, WE INSIST THAT
I DON´T GET
LABOR COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS’ REQUIRE
MRS. OLGA... CIPA, WORKERS,
COMPANIES TO INFORM CIPA IF THEY
NANOTECHNOLOGIES... HOW DO WE
USE NANOTECHNOLOGIES DURING THE
PUT IT ALL TOGETHER?
PRODUCTION PROCESS!

CIPA IS AN INSTRUMENT THAT

SHOULD BE USED BY THE WORKERS! THEY
CAN AND SHOULD COLLABORATE WITH
THE COMMISSION, HELPING TO IDENTIFY
RISKS AT THEIR WORKPLACE! THUS,
IF THERE IS ANY RISK
TO HEALTH IN THE WORK-
PLACE, INVOLVING
NANOTECHNOLOGIES…
MAN, THESE THE WORKERS
UNION PEOPLE… SHOULD
CIPA INFORM CIPA!
BULLETIN
BOARD

THIS FORM THAT CONTAINS THE PROBLEM IS

INFORMATION ON CHEMICAL PRODUCTS THAT THE CURRENT FISPQ DOES
SAFETY” SHOULD BE FILLED OUT FOR NOT ENCOMPASS THE SAME
EACH ONE OF THE CHEMICAL PRODUCTS MATERIALS IN NANOMETRIC
USED! IT SHOULD BE ALSO
AVAILABLE TO ALL WORKERS FISPQ SCALE.

AT THE WORKPLACE! (DATA SHEET FOR SAFETY INFORMATION

ON CHEMICAL PRODUCTS)

1- IDENTIFICATION OF PRODUCT
AND COMPANY

2-IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDS

3- ELABORATION AND
INFORMATION OF INGREDIENTS

4-FIRST AID MEASURES

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 WE WANT TO AVOID HERE AT PETROPLAST,
CASES SUCH AS BENZENE, WHICH IN OUR NEXT TALK ON HOW TO
WAS EVEN USED IN DOMESTIC PRODUCTS AND IN PREVENT ACCIDENTS AT THE
SOLVENTS IN GENERAL. IT WAS ONLY RECENTLY BULLETIN WORKPLACE, WE WILL TALK ABOUT
THAT BENZOL WAS RECOGNIZED AS NANOTECHNOLOGIES!
CARCINOGENIC HERE IN BRAZIL. WE CANNOT USE BOARD
PRODUCTS WITHOUT BEING AWARE OF
THEIR RISKS ANYMORE!

SIPAT
JUNE 5TH - 9TH

WHAT ARE
NANOTHECNOLOGIES?

HELD BY: CIPA

MY FRIENDS, UNFORTUNATELY I
HAVE A MEETING RIGHT NOW! SANDRA, WE SO, WE ARE DONE! IT
CAN TALK ABOUT THE CONTRACT WAS NICE TO SEE YOU
AFTERWARDS, RIGHT? FAR AWAY FROM AGAIN, ANTÔNIO! AND IT
HERE IF IT´S POSSIBLE… WAS NICE TO MEET YOU,
GABRIEL!

FAR, SEE YOU,

FAR NICE TO OLGA!
AWAY! MEET YOU MRS.
OLGA! CIPA OFFICE
ULLETIN
BOARD

LATER ON, IN THE TRUCK...

CALM DOWN SANDRA...
YEP BOY! SHE THEY WILL HAVE TO DRIVE
HAS MS. DOESN’T LIKE TO RIDE UP ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY!
SANDRA TAKEN THE TRUCK, AND SHE THEY WILL BE 20 DAYS
A CAB, MR. HATES MY MUSIC, ON THE ROAD!
ANTONIO? REMBEMBER?

HU
WH SK THE
EA
EAC T /TAK
H E
MAK SEED/
MIR E THE THAT´S
ACL
BRE E OF
AD..
. ALL FOR NOW,
FRIENDS! SEE YOU
IN THE NEXT
EDITION OF
NANOTECHNOLOGY
COMIC BOOKS!

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This comic is the result of the project “Impact
of nanotechnology on health of workers
and environment “, which started in 2007 at
FUNDACENTRO. This project was made in partnership
with RENANOSOMA (Research Network for
Nanotechnology, Society and Environment),
DIEESE (Inter-Union Department for Statistics and
Social-economic Studies), DIESAT (Inter-Union for
Research and Studies of Health and Workplace),
IIEP (Exchange,Information, Research and Studies),
Union of ABC region Chemists, Osasco Metalworkers’
Union, Instituto Observatório Soial,, ENSP / FIOCRUZ
(National School forPublic Health / Oswaldo Cruz
Foundation) and CEREST / SP (Reference Center for
Worker Health in the State of São Paulo).
This comic book was developed by Thomaz Ferreira
Jensen e and Antonio Gracias Vieira Filho, who
drafted the screenplay and the script in dialogue
with the project team “Impacts of nanotechnology
on workers health and environment “. The idea of
using a carrier company in all the stories of series
was from Alexandre Custódio Pinto and the carrier
characters were created by João Antonio Garcia,
known as “Jão Garcia”.
Other texts on the subject can be found at:

- http://www.fundacentro.gov.br/index.asp?D=NANO
- http://blog.iiep.org.br/nanotecnologia
- http://nanotecnologia.incubadora.fapesp.br/portal
 About the comic
Composed of Boopee 14
offset paper 120 g / m² (kernel)
and supreme carboard 250 g / m² (cover)
format 16 x 23 cm
Printing: Fundacentro Print Shop
1st edition: 2010
Circulation: 5000 copies

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