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EU NanoSafety Cluster - Key Global NanoSafety Database Survey
The EU NanoSafety Cluster announces the availability of an online NanoSafety Database Survey
https://tinyurl.com/wg4dbSurvey
Manual on Critical Issues in Nanotechnology R&D Management: An Asia-Pacific Perspective
As part of a "Manual on Critical Issues in Nanotechnology R&D Management: An Asia-Pacific Perspective" contracted by the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Prof. Alok Dhawan from the University of Ahmedabad (India), a partner engaged into the NanoValid project, recently co-authored the chapter on "Nano-safety, Standardization and Certification", which summarizes our current knowledge on the complex interplay between main nanomaterial and hazard characteristics, and exposure factors and mechanisms that drive the safety and possible risks associated with production, handling and use, as well as disposal of these new materials.
'Dispersion of nanomaterials used in toxicological studies: a comparison of sonication approaches demonstrated on TiO2 P25'
Now available online.
By Tobias Meißner, Kathrin Oelschlägel, Annegret Potthoff
What is a nanomaterial? NanoDefine finds out.
We have come a long way in exploring the full potential of nano as a key enabling technology, yet, there are still uncertainties surrounding environment, health and safety (EHS) issues and the questions that need to be addressed: what is or isn’t a nanomaterial.
'Multi-parametric reference nanomaterials for toxicology: state of the art, future challenges and potential candidates'
Open access now available.
By Guillermo Orts-Gil, Kishore Nattea and Werner Österlea