Nanotechnology is a fast growing and promising technology due to its potential to develop new add-values products. Their increased production, handling and availability on the market brings innovative applications, but can also lead to personal exposure with the potential for unforeseen biological effects. In particular, workers in companies manufacturing and handling nanomaterials are likely to…
Webinar “Association of occupational exposure with ex vivo functional immune response in workers handling carbon nanotubes and nanofibers” hosted by NSC and available to watch again. Claire Skentelbery (NIA, Chair NSC Dissemination), Stella Stoycheva (Yordas, Co-chair NSC WG A), and Martin Himly (PLUS, Chair NSC WG A) On Tuesday, June 30th 2020, the NanoSafety Cluster…
Dear ladies and gentlemen, we would like to inform you that the BNN Newsletter 02/2020 is available for download now. Besides scientific contributions from our BioNanoNet members, reports about projects and activities and an overview of interesting publications, we kindly highlight the presentation about our BioNanoNet member ams AG. Enjoy reading our BNN newsletter! Sincerely,…
GRACIOUS Framework 2nd Open ConsultationOverview The Horizon 2020 project GRACIOUS is developing a science-based Framework which aims to support practical application of grouping of nanomaterials and nanoforms for risk assessment and decision making. This includes the ability to read across from data rich substances to similar nanomaterials for which information is lacking. After a 1st…
The NanoSafety Cluster WG A and Dissemination Group jointly present the webinar “CDC work on association of occupational exposure with ex vivo functional immune response in workers handling carbon nanotubes and nanofibers” by Aaron Erdely and his team from the US CDC at June 30, 15 h CEST. Speakers from the Centers for Disease Control…
Final Online Conference of SmartNanoTox project: 24/06/2020 The conference will overview the main achievements of the project in designing mechanism-aware, AOP-based toxicity assessment approach for engineered nanomaterials. The programme includesfour topical sessions: Grouping of nanomaterials 9:00-10:30 CEST Development of AOPs and identification of KE 11:00-12:30 CEST In vivo – in vitro mapping 13:30-15:00 CEST Databases/Data…
Learn about the NanoHarmony project and its work to accelerate development of Test Guidelines and Guidance Documents for nanomaterials. The webinar will take place on 7 July 2020, 15:00 – 16:00 CEST. More information and webinar registration can be found here.
Overview Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are being applied in various nanotechnology products and are used in consumer products such as cosmetics and food; fertilizers; synthetic organs or engineered microbes, or self-assembling materials that assemble into new structures in the body upon their release; and molecular devices used in genetic therapy. People may be exposed to ENMs in…
Task Force: (nano) TiO2safety communicationFinal ReportOverview The goal of the (nano) TiO2 safety communication Task Force (TF) of the EU NanoSafety Cluster (NSC) was to provide scientific input to ongoing classification of titanium dioxide. The TF on TiO2 safety communication ran from January 2018 to January 2019, and this is the summary report.The TF members…
4th EU – Asia Dialogue on Nanosafety7 October 2020, Vienna, Austria 7th of October 2020, 10:00 – 18:00 Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (Radetzkystraße 2, 1030 Vienna, room EA08, ground floor) “From discussions to implementation” This workshop is focused towards more synergy between Asian and European countries with respect…