With expanded industrial-scale production of nanomaterials fast approaching, scientists are reporting indications that dust generated during processing of nanomaterials may explode more easily than dust from wheat flour, cornstarch and most other common dust explosion hazards.

Seminar is Part of Program to Address NFPA Standards for Combustible Dusts as Enforced by OSHA JONESBORO, Ark., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Farr Air Pollution Control (APC), a leading manufacturer of dust collectors, recently held a three-day technical training seminar on explosion protection.

By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Nov. 15--The fine dust that accumulated in the ceiling of a Kinston pharmaceutical plant was only about a quarter-inch thick. Yet when it exploded in 2003, the blast and resulting fire took the lives of six workers and left 38 injured, some grievously.