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April 11, 2018

Sweden: New website on safety of nanomaterials

Swedish platform on nanomaterial safety publishes new website with information on safety aspects of nanomaterials
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April 5, 2018

Toolbox for nanomaterial safety assessment

JRC develops inventory of tools for assessing nanomaterial safety; toolbox freely accessible on JRC’s website
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March 12, 2018

EFSA Nano Network report 2017

EFSA’s Network for Risk Assessment of Nanotechnologies in Food and Feed contributes to draft nano-guidance; annual report now available online
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March 6, 2018

Opinion: EFSA’s draft nano-guidance too broad

Nanotechnology Industries Association comments on EFSA’s draft guidance on risk assessment of nanomaterials, deems scope too general and requirements too conservative
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January 31, 2018

Belgium: Registration of nano-mixtures

Belgian nano-register requires reporting of mixtures containing nanomaterials as of January 1, 2018; food contact materials exempted from registry
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January 22, 2018

EU nanoinformatics roadmap published

EU program NanoSafety Cluster releases draft roadmap on nanoinformatics, addresses future research, risk assessment, governance
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January 15, 2018

Public consultation on EFSA’s nano-guidance

EFSA publishes draft guidance on risk assessment of nanomaterials in food and feed; public consultation open until March 4, 2018
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December 18, 2017

Environmental toxicity of nanomaterials

German Environment Agency releases reports on aquatic toxicity and environmental fate of nanomaterials
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December 11, 2017

Sweden launches nano-register

Swedish Chemicals Agency issues new rules for mandatory reporting of nanomaterials data to national products register; rules apply from January 1, 2018; deadline for data submission is February 2019
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December 11, 2017

RIVM critical of EU nano-observatory

Dutch institute for public health deems EU observatory for nanomaterials “limited in detailed information,” highlights importance of adapting REACH regulation for nanomaterials
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