NSC Webinar: “CDC work on association of occupational exposure with ex vivo functional immune response in workers handling carbon nanotubes and nanofibers, 30 June 2020

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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…

World Health Organisation Publication – Principles and methods to assess the risk of immunotoxicity associated with exposure to nanomaterials

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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…

EU-US Priorities in nanosafety

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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

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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

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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…