Regulation

Nanomaterial risk profiling puts safety first

19/10/201703/11/2017AdminSudoe

With uncertainty around the risks of nanomaterials hampering the EU’s innovative potential, researchers are working on a safety concept to better monitor this [...]

New OECD Test Guidelines for nanomaterials

13/10/201716/10/2017AdminSudoe

The OECD has released a first set of Test Guidelines developed specifically for nanomaterials, in response to their increased production and usage. Original [...]

ECHA RAC decides classification and labelling for Titanium dioxide

11/10/2017AdminSudoe

Last week, ECHA Risk Assessment Committee, adopted by written procedure its previous draft for harmonised classification and labelling of Titanium Dioxide, which has [...]

Latest Posts Nanomaterial risk profiling puts safety first 19/10/201703/11/2017AdminSudoe With uncertainty around the risks of nanomaterials hampering the EU’s innovative potential, researchers are [...]

Concerns around industry misinterpreting REACH dossier update regulations

15/09/2017ITENE

An an annual exchange of views with the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment (ENVI), Geert Dancet, ECHA’s Executive Director, has said that industry [...]

Safety

Worker exposure Consumer Exposure Environmental Exposure Toxicity and Ecotoxicity RegulationRecent postsLong Carbon Nanotubes Could Have Carcinogenic Effect Similar to AsbestosNanotechnology, the science of [...]

ISO publishes standard terms and definitions for cellulose nanomaterial

01/09/201714/09/2017ITENE

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published standard ISO/TS 20477:2017, “Nanotechnologies — Standard terms and their definition for cellulose nanomaterial.” original source [...]

EC publishes final report of Nanocomput Project

31/07/201714/09/2017AdminSudoe

Nanocomput project reviewed the current status of computational methods potentially useful for predicting the properties of engineered nanomaterials and to provide advice on [...]

Germany publishes Expert Dialogue report on application of nanotechnologies in the construction sector

27/06/201714/09/2017ITENE

On 1st June, 2017, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety published meeting documents from the Expert Dialogue [...]

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