The notion that occupational health is a human right has permeated my work since my senior scholars Honors thesis examined laws and regulations in the USA, France and Russia at Barnard College Columbia University.  While studying genetics and the laws of informed consent that impact decisionmaking during pregnancy for my Masters of Science from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, i realized that the importance of these norms is universally part of the human condition:  This was part of my law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and my doctorate in international relations from Geneva School of Diplomacy. Beyond any juridical underpinnings that justify occupational safety and health programming there is the hard and cold reality that work and health are inextricably linked in order for society ot survival. I have devoted my studies of nanotechnology and nanonregulations that protect public health while fostering innovation to the working assumption that it is possible to maximize the benefits and minimize the risks of exciting amazing and cool new materials with unquantified and unknown dangers. I serve as the Legal Advisor to the Greek National Platform for Nanomedicine, the Legal Advisor for the European Commission for Nano RIGO  where we are drafting a science court, and I am Director fo the ESI SAFERNANO BEYOND GLOBAL HEALTH program that teaches safety by design to reduce workplace exposures to harm and eliminate when possible, risks to the environment. My 8 books and nearly 400 published articles address these topics in detail. GLOBAL HEALTH IMPACTS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY LAW  describes the World Health Organization workplace guidelines and also relies on laws from around  the world. Translated into French NANOTECHNOLOGIES POUR TOUS LA REVOLUTION SCIENTIFIQUE DE NOTRE EPOQUE. Nanotechnology can transform disability into health deploying a whole range of assistive technologies from telehealth to self-driving cars. Occupational hygienists and safety professionals must embrace the new technologies and the laws that support rhewm to address longterm needs in the workplace    Whether working in the United Nations or teaching in a classroom my focus remains on the lessons to be learned from public health that ensure the work  health and survival or all society thereby protecting posterity.  ilise.feitshans@gmail.com   ilf@georgetown.edu  WHS-PROJECT.ORG