Using nanomaterials at work Using nanomaterials at work: Including
Nanomaterials : Small and beautiful , what else ?
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Nanomaterials:Nanomaterials:Small and beautiful, what elseSmall and beautiful, what else??
UK SNS annual eventUK SNS annual event30 October 201330 October 2013
Source: Consumer Product Inventory, Source: Consumer Product Inventory, Woodrow Willson CenterWoodrow Willson Center
“There is a plausible case for concern about some (but notall) classes of nanomaterials.”
“Political decision-makers have yet to address many of the shortcomings in legislation”
“Current risk assessment methodologies require
some modification”
CEN/TC 352 (M/461)& ISO/TC 229
• Characterisation• Behaviour • Definition/Terminology• Exposure
WPMN
• Toxicology • Screening
• Risk assessment
NMWG
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 Laura Degallaix, Secretary-General ECOS, Rue d’Edimbourg 26, B-1050 Brussels
Tel: +32 2 894 46 68laura.degallaix-at-ecostandard.org
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