EU-US Priorities in nanosafety

The event on Fostering EU-US Cooperation in Nanosafety took place in the context of the BILAT USA 4.0 project which was funded by the European Union, and initiated on 1 February 2016. This initiative aims at enhancing and developing science, technology, and innovation (STI) partnerships between the U.S. and Europe. A particular focus of the project activities is on…

H2020 NanoInformaTIX Introduction

The application of nanotechnology offers considerable advantages to consumer products and industrial processes in several sectors from medicine to construction, textile, transportation, information technology, energy, food safety and many more. Yet, predicting the risk posed by a product containing engineered nanomaterials (ENM) is still challenging, despite the considerable amount of data from experimental studies on…

JRC Science for Policy report: An overview of concepts and terms used in the European Commission’s definition of nanomaterial

The JRC Science for Policy report has been published: An overview of concepts and terms used in the European Commission’s definition of nanomaterial, followed by the related news https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/news/getting-specific-about-nanomaterials This report supports the implementation of the European Commission’s Recommendation on a definition of nanomaterial (2011/696/EU). It addresses its key concepts and terms and discusses them…