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February 1, 2016

New nanomaterial safety documents

New OECD documents on physico-chemical properties and grouping/read-across for safety assessment of nanomaterials available
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January 25, 2016

Review of OECD nanomaterial testing

JRC publishes review of OECD nanomaterials testing and assessment program
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January 11, 2016

Methods to predict biological effects of nanomaterials

Review on assessment of nanomaterials; discussion about advances and unresolved questions
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November 26, 2015

Consultation on risk management of nanomaterial uses

ProSafe project asks experts for input on risk management and innovation of nanotechnology
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October 20, 2015

Improvement of REACH needed

Danish Chemicals Forum – including NGOs and industry - calls for improvement of EU chemicals regulation in open letter to the European Commission and the European Chemicals Agency
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September 22, 2015

Nanomaterials registry in Belgium

Belgium calls companies to register nanosubstances and mixtures containing nanosubstances before January 1, 2016 and January 1, 2017, respectively; registration exemption for food contact materials
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September 14, 2015

Nanomaterials regulation in different countries

New JRC-study reviews regulatory measures for nanotechnology in food and feed production in different countries; only EU and Switzerland have legally binding nano-specific provisions
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September 10, 2015

ECHA report on risk assessment of nanomaterials

ECHA publishes extensive summary of scientific workshop on risk assessment of nanomaterials held on October 23-24, 2014 in Helsinki, Finland
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September 7, 2015

Sizing nanoparticles

EU research project NanoDefine asks companies for input on nanomaterial sizing techniques by September 11, 2015
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August 25, 2015

Nanomaterials: Recommendations for risk assessment

JRC publishes study on in vitro toxicity of nanomaterials including recommendations for risk assessment testing strategies
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