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Nanomaterials : Small and beautiful , what else ?. UK SNS annual event 30 October 2013. Source: Consumer Product Inventory , Woodrow Willson Center. “There is a plausible case for concern about some (but not all) classes of nanomaterials.”.
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Nanomaterials:Small and beautiful, whatelse? UK SNS annualevent 30 October 2013
“There is a plausible case for concern about some (but notall) classes of nanomaterials.” “Current risk assessment methodologies require some modification” “Political decision-makers have yet to address many of the shortcomings in legislation”
CEN/TC 352 (M/461) & ISO/TC 229 WPMN NMWG • Toxicology • Screening • Risk assessment • Characterisation • Behaviour • Definition/Terminology • Exposure
Successes ISO definitions (nm, nano-objects) OECD reports on cooperation on sampling approach & RA NWIP on nanocellulose • Failures • CEN work on labelling (B-to-C) • OECD report on cooperation on RA
Laura Degallaix, Secretary-General ECOS, Rue d’Edimbourg 26, B-1050 Brussels Tel: +32 2 894 46 68 laura.degallaix-at-ecostandard.org http://www.ecostandard.org www.twitter.com/ECOS_Standard LinkedIn