NIOSH developed guidance for workplace sampling for three engineered nanomaterials carbon nanotubes and nanofibers silver and titanium dioxide each of which have an elemental mass-based...
Nanoscale silver particles are some of the most widely used nanomaterials in commerce Workers who produce or use silver nanomaterials are potentially exposed to those...
Currently none of the existing REACH compliance models are suited or validated for risk assessment of manufactured nanomaterials and many existing exposure limits are not...
TRGS contains rules for protection of employees at the workplace during activities with substances mixtures and products consisting of or containing nanomaterials The Federal Institute...
The European Commission s EC Scientific Committee on Health Environmental and Emerging Risks SCHEER published on January a statement and a position paper on emerging...
The first voluntary standards to limit indoor air pollution from desktop D printers emphasize proper ventilation and temperature control to protect against breathing small particles
The U S Environmental Protection Agency EPA published a Federal Register notice on December withdrawing significant new use rules SNUR promulgated under the Toxic Substances...
European Commission adopts new registration requirements for nanomaterials under REACH clarifying how to register nanoforms of substances The new rules will apply as of January
The U S Environmental Protection Agency EPA recently published a direct final rule promulgating significant new use rules SNUR for chemical substances including single-walled carbon...
NIOSH held a public online webinar on October th on their reivised draft Current Intelligence Bulletin Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Silver Nanomaterials The...
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC announces the availability of the following draft...
The French State Secretary for Ecology Ms Brune Poirson announced in the newspaper Le Parisien that the Government intends to implement a ban on the...
The U S Environmental Protection Agency EPA promulgated on September significant new use rules SNUR for chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices...
There is a proposal for a new legislative framework tailored for nanomaterials and their applications called Registration Evaluation Authorization Categorization and Tools to Evaluate Nanomaterials...
This report offers a snapshot of the status of the environment for nanotechnology in the context of construction The construction industry covers the building maintaining...
On June the Federal Ministry for the Environment Nature Conservation Building and Nuclear Safety published meeting documents from the Expert Dialogue on Opportunities and Risks...
Environmental Protection Agency EPA is hereby extending the effective date of the final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of January and established final...
New guidance sponsored by the American Industrial Hygiene Association AIHA Nanotechnology Working Group addresses stewardship considerations for nanomaterials and nanoproducts based on the evolving state...
Engineered nanomaterials are fascinating Just by making stuff smaller researchers have discovered forms of materials and even completely new materials that can be applied as...
The President s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology released its most recent review of the National Nanotechnology Initiative in a letter report stating...
Industry and environmental health advocates plan to scrutinize a forthcoming final Environmental Protection Agency rule that for the first time would collect available industry information...
Better access to relevant and understandable information about nanomaterials both for European citizens and experts That is the main goal of an agreement signed between...
On October the U S Environmental Protection Agency EPA submitted to the Office of Management and Budget OMB a final rule that would require reporting...
Advances in nanotechnology and the value of precautionary risk management for the safe and responsible development and workplace application of nanotechnology are discussed in Nanotechnology...
On May the U S Environmental Protection Agency EPA promulgated through a direct final rule significant new use rules SNUR for chemical substances that were...
Chemical industry groups have urged the US EPA to revise and reissue its proposed reporting and recordkeeping rule for nanomaterials If adopted the proposals would...
When it comes to nanotechnology Australians have shown strong support for regulation and safety testing One common way of deciding whether and how nanomaterials should...
WASHINGTON DC As nanotechnology takes over everything from coatings to construction materials federal regulators want to know more about the risks posed to human health...
March -- EPA issued a proposed rule under TSCA section a to require reporting and recordkeeping information on certain chemical substances when they are manufactured...
The U S Environmental Protection Agency EPA considers nanosilver a pesticide and requires products that contain or are treated with this germ-killer to be registered...