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EU Proposes Nanomaterial Definition In EU legislation, nanomaterials should be identified solely on the basis of the size of the particles of a material, and not on the basis of hazard or risk.   |
Chemistry World
July 24, 2014
Andrew Williams |
Europe mulls best way to handle nanotech Nanomaterials can end up in all sorts of items. Now there is a drive in Europe to get manufacturers to declare them. |
Chemistry World
February 25, 2009
Victoria Gill |
Nano-regulation creeps closer Canada has introduced a mandatory safety reporting scheme for companies producing nanomaterials, becoming the first country in the world to do so. |
Chemistry World
July 2007
Ned Stafford |
Seeing the Environmental Wood for the Nanotech Trees German environmentalists issued a report on the potential health and environmental risks of nanotechnology in the hope of rallying international support for more regulatory oversight. |
Chemistry World
June 30, 2010
Rebecca Trager |
EPA's oversight of nanomaterials questioned The US Government Accountability Office is warning that nanomaterials may be entering the market without adequate risk assessment by the US Environmental Protection Agency. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2010 |
Nanotechnology Presents Regulatory Mess Manufacturers producing or utilizing nanomaterials face a tangled web of proposed safety and environmental regulations. |
Chemistry World
January 12, 2010
Phillip Broadwith |
Lords call for clarity over nanotech in food The UK House of Lords science and technology select committee has called for more research into the use of nanomaterials in food and criticised the food industry for failing to be open about its use of nanotechnology. |
Chemistry World
June 14, 2010
Sarah Houlton |
EU ministers call for nanomaterial ban They have called for nanosilver and long multiwalled carbon nanotubes to be banned in electrical and electronic products. |
Chemistry World
November 27, 2009
Ned Stafford |
New nano rule for EU cosmetics A new European regulation will require cosmetics manufacturers to list any nanoparticles contained in products marketed within the European Union. |
Chemistry World
June 2, 2014
Phillip Broadwith |
Nano risk register not necessary, says BASF The German chemicals giant will not support calls for registration or regulation of nanomaterials outside of the EU's Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals program |
Chemistry World
September 25, 2012
Andrew Turley |
Measuring nano the European way If you want to regulate nanomaterials -- and lots of people do -- you first need to decide precisely what they are. Where does our world stop and the nano world begin? |
Chemistry World
June 16, 2009
Sean Milmo |
Nanomaterials cause classification headache for Reach Confusion over classification of nanomaterials under the Reach chemicals legislation has led to two groups of companies using different criteria to submit data on carbon nanotubes to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). |
Financial Advisor
September 2009
Marla Brill |
Sustainability Indexes: Pros And Cons Environmental, social and governance criteria are the basis. |
IndustryWeek
March 16, 2011 |
EHS Regulatory Pressures Rise For global manufacturers, avoiding environmental, health and safety regulations is not quite as simple as picking up and moving operations to a new location. Every single product is regulated in at least one country. |
Chemistry World
February 17, 2011
Ned Stafford |
Standardizing nanomaterials The European Commission's Joint Research Centre has launched the world's first reference repository for nanomaterials, which will be used for safety assessment testing by national and international standardization bodies. |
Chemistry World
January 24, 2014
Megan Tyler |
Nanomaterials: Bin and burn? Scientists in the US have begun addressing the question of whether the disposal of nanomaterials could damage the environment, by investigating the fate of nanomaterials in incinerators. |
Chemistry World
April 29, 2008
Rebecca Trager |
International Nanosafety Drive Launched The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has brought countries together to pool their resources and test the human health and environmental safety of several nanomaterials that are already in use. |
Chemistry World
August 5, 2008
Rebecca Trager |
EPA Nanosafety Scheme Fails to Attract Industry The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is facing criticism after its voluntary nanosafety program attracted less interest from industry than anticipated. |
Chemistry World
February 4, 2008
Rebecca Trager |
EPA Rolls Out Nanomaterials Safety Drive The agency has launched a new voluntary program to glean more information about nanoscale materials in an effort to manage the risks posed by nanotechnology-enabled products. |
Chemistry World
October 2, 2009
Rebecca Trager |
EPA issues nanotechnology research strategy Under EPA's new plan, the agency is focusing its research on seven manufactured nanomaterial types, which may require safety decisions. |
Chemistry World
January 31, 2010
Kate McAlpine |
Slack nano safety Many researchers working with nanomaterials use inadequate protection, if any at all, and most don't use special disposal methods for nanomaterials, claims a new study. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2007
Karn & Matthews |
Nano Particles Without Macroproblems Quick and dirty advice for keeping nanotech clean. |
Chemistry World
March 2008
Mark Peplow |
Editorial: Sweating the Small Stuff In the field of nanotechnology, the devil is in the detail. |
Chemistry World
April 9, 2015 |
Big problems with little particles? There is a risk that poor toxicology studies could start undermining the success of nanomaterials. |
Chemistry World
January 2010
Palmer & Felwick |
Safety in numbers Regulators struggle with nanotechnology. It's time for more self-regulation, say the authors |
