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Now Available! ISO/TS 13329:2024 Nanomaterials - Preparation of Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

Posted On: 2024-10-03

An updated version of the ISO standard that provides guidance on safety data sheet (SDS) development for products containing nanomaterials is now available! This new document outlines how to develop...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Label Program to Bolster U.S. Manufacturing of Cleaner Construction Materials

Posted On: 2024-08-28

Program will support the Administration’s initiative to “Buy Clean” construction materials from U.S. manufacturers as part of the Investing in America Agenda
The Nanotechnology Research Center carbon nanotube registry

Posted On: 2024-07-16

The Carbon Nanotube Registry is a roster of U.S. workers employed in various carbon nanotube industries. The registry can be used to study long-term health effects. Researchers will track workers...
Celebrating 20 years of the Nanotechnology Research Center: highlights from engineering controls and personal protective equipment

Posted On: 2024-07-16

NIOSH researchers have established research publications and guidance to help reduce worker exposures to engineered nanoparticles. This research prevents work-related injury and illness by advancing the state of knowledge and...
Characterizing applications, exposure risks, and hazard communication for engineered nanomaterials in construction

Posted On: 2024-07-01

A recent study from CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training reviewed safety data sheets (SDSs) for commercially available construction products that claim to use nanomaterials. The majority...
Sweating the small stuff: 20 years of NIOSH research on engineering controls for nanotechnology

Posted On: 2024-03-07

Since the creation of the NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center (NTRC), engineers and industrial hygienists at NIOSH have conducted field studies to better understand how workers are exposed during the production...
Small science, big impact on the U.S. economy!

Posted On: 2024-01-02

An independent study focusing on the aggregated revenues of a select list of nanotechnology companies has estimated that the 2022 economic impact of nanotechnology on the U.S. economy was between...
EPA Issues Final SNURs for Four Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Posted On: 2024-01-02

On December 18, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued final significant new use rules (SNUR) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for a number of chemical substances...
Technical Report: Occupational Exposure Sampling for Engineered Nanomaterials

Posted On: 2022-08-10

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 NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limit (REL)....
Current Intelligence Bulletin: Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Silver Nanomaterials

Posted On: 2021-06-02

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 materials in the workplace. Previous...
National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) Quarterly Newsletter: Spring 2021 Edition

Posted On: 2021-06-02

What's big in small science? Get the latest on nanotechnology commercialization, environmental health and safety, and upcoming events.
EU-Funded Project Launches caLIBRAte Nano Risk Governance Website

Posted On: 2020-09-24

"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 suitable for nanomaterials. caLIBRAte will...
Germany Publishes English Translation of TRGS 527: Activities with Nanomaterials

Posted On: 2020-04-08

TRGS 527 contains rules for protection of employees at the workplace during activities with substances, mixtures, and products consisting of or containing nanomaterials. The Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health...
EC Committee Includes Micro- and Nano-Plastic in the Environment and Nanoparticles Released from Building Materials and Construction Waste on List of Emerging Issues

Posted On: 2019-02-26

"The European Commission’s (EC) Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) published on January 14, 2019, a statement and a position paper on emerging health and environmental issues. ...
Indoor Air Pollution Standards Announced for 3D Printers

Posted On: 2019-02-12

The first voluntary standards to limit indoor air pollution from desktop 3D printers emphasize proper ventilation and temperature control to protect against breathing small particles.
EPA Withdraws SNUR for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Posted On: 2019-01-02

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Federal Register notice on December 7, 2018, withdrawing significant new use rules (SNUR) promulgated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for...
REACH: Closing the gap for nanomaterials

Posted On: 2019-01-02

European Commission adopts new registration requirements for nanomaterials under REACH, clarifying how to register nanoforms of substances. The new rules will apply as of 1 January 2020.
EPA Publishes SNUR for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Posted On: 2018-11-30

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published a direct final rule promulgating significant new use rules (SNUR) for 28 chemical substances, including single-walled carbon nanotubes.
NIOSH publishes slides from silver nanomaterials webinar

Posted On: 2018-11-09

NIOSH held a public online webinar on October 30th on their reivised draft Current Intelligence Bulletin: Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Silver Nanomaterials. The webinar slides can now be accessed...
Revised Draft NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin: Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Silver Nanomaterials

Posted On: 2018-09-27

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 document for public comment titled...
French State Secretary for Ecology announced Plans to ban Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles from Food Products

Posted On: 2018-07-02

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 use of titanium dioxide nanoparticles...
NNI Supplement to the President's 2018 Budget

Posted On: 2017-12-21

This document is a supplement to the President’s 2018 Budget request submitted to Congress on May 23rd, 2017, and serves as the Annual Report for the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)...
EPA Issues Direct Final SNURs for Carbon Nanotube (Generic) and Nanocarbon (Generic)

Posted On: 2017-10-03

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated on September 21, 2017, significant new use rules (SNUR) for 37 chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMN).
Working Guidance on EPA's Section 8(a) Information Gathering Rule on Nanomaterials in Commerce

Posted On: 2017-10-03

General guidance to assist in complying with EPA's Section 8(a) Information Gathering Rule on Nanomaterials in Commerce.
Proposal for a new legislative framework for regulating nanomaterials

Posted On: 2017-09-08

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 – Opportunities and Weaknesses (REACT...
NanoData landscape compilation: Construction

Posted On: 2017-07-05

"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 and repairing of buildings and...
Germany Publishes Meeting Report from Expert Dialogue on Application of Nanotechnologies in the Construction Sector

Posted On: 2017-06-28

"On June 1, 2017, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety published meeting documents from the Expert Dialogue on Opportunities and Risks of the Application...
EPA delays effective date of final rule for reporting and recordkeeping requirements for nanoscale materials

Posted On: 2017-05-16

"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hereby extending the effective date of the final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of January 12, 2017, and established final reporting and recordkeeping...
New Documents on Nanotechnology, VOCs Available from AIHA Volunteer Groups

Posted On: 2017-04-19

"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 of the science for human...
The Art and Science of OELs for Nanomaterials

Posted On: 2017-02-01

"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 diversely as better drugs, better...
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Review of the NNI for 2017 (letter report)

Posted On: 2017-01-18

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 “The NNI has created a foundation...
First-Ever Nanoscale Chemicals Data Collection Rule Imminent

Posted On: 2017-01-06

"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 about nanoscale chemicals..."
Occupational exposure limits for manufactured nanomaterials, a systematic review

Posted On: 2016-12-13

Article in Nanotoxicology, November 2016
Citizens and experts to get more information on nanomaterials

Posted On: 2016-12-08

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 ECHA and the Commission on...
Researchers Develop Hazard Assessment for Nanomaterials

Posted On: 2016-11-28

Analysis Uncovers Health and Environmental Hazards in Nanosilver Products Already on Store Shelves, Points to Haphazard Oversight and Regulation by EPA
EPA Submits Final TSCA Rule on Nanomaterials to OMB for Review

Posted On: 2016-10-12

"On October 7, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a final rule that would require reporting and recordkeeping information on...
Nanotechnology: Delivering on the Promise Volume 1

Posted On: 2016-10-05

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: Delivering on the Promise, a...
EPA Promulgates SNUR for Functionalized CNTs (Generic)

Posted On: 2016-05-23

"On May 16, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated, through a direct final rule, significant new use rules (SNUR) for 55 chemical substances that were the subject of...
Scale back nanomaterial reporting proposals, industry tells EPA

Posted On: 2015-09-04

"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 require companies to submit a...
Big questions about risk assessment of nanomaterials

Posted On: 2015-08-26

"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 be regulated is to conduct...
U.S. Proposes More Nano Reporting

Posted On: 2015-04-16

"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 and the environment...."
Control of Nanoscale Materials under the Toxic Substances Control Act

Posted On: 2015-03-27

"March 25, 2015 -- EPA issued a proposed rule under TSCA section 8(a) to require reporting and recordkeeping information on certain chemical substances when they are manufactured or processed as...
Nanosilver in Your Soup? EPA Sued For Failing to Regulate Tiny Pesticides

Posted On: 2015-01-21

"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 with and approved for use by the agency....

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News and Related Information

Now Available! ISO/TS 13329:2024 Nanomaterials - Preparation of Safety Data Sheets (SDS)

Posted On: 2024-10-03

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Label Program to Bolster U.S. Manufacturing of Cleaner Construction Materials

Posted On: 2024-08-28

The Nanotechnology Research Center carbon nanotube registry

Posted On: 2024-07-16

Celebrating 20 years of the Nanotechnology Research Center: highlights from engineering controls and personal protective equipment

Posted On: 2024-07-16

Characterizing applications, exposure risks, and hazard communication for engineered nanomaterials in construction

Posted On: 2024-07-01

Sweating the small stuff: 20 years of NIOSH research on engineering controls for nanotechnology

Posted On: 2024-03-07

Small science, big impact on the U.S. economy!

Posted On: 2024-01-02

EPA Issues Final SNURs for Four Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Posted On: 2024-01-02

Technical Report: Occupational Exposure Sampling for Engineered Nanomaterials

Posted On: 2022-08-10

Current Intelligence Bulletin: Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Silver Nanomaterials

Posted On: 2021-06-02

National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) Quarterly Newsletter: Spring 2021 Edition

Posted On: 2021-06-02

EU-Funded Project Launches caLIBRAte Nano Risk Governance Website

Posted On: 2020-09-24

Germany Publishes English Translation of TRGS 527: Activities with Nanomaterials

Posted On: 2020-04-08

EC Committee Includes Micro- and Nano-Plastic in the Environment and Nanoparticles Released from Building Materials and Construction Waste on List of Emerging Issues

Posted On: 2019-02-26

Indoor Air Pollution Standards Announced for 3D Printers

Posted On: 2019-02-12

EPA Withdraws SNUR for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Posted On: 2019-01-02

REACH: Closing the gap for nanomaterials

Posted On: 2019-01-02

EPA Publishes SNUR for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Posted On: 2018-11-30

NIOSH publishes slides from silver nanomaterials webinar

Posted On: 2018-11-09

Revised Draft NIOSH Current Intelligence Bulletin: Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Silver Nanomaterials

Posted On: 2018-09-27

French State Secretary for Ecology announced Plans to ban Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles from Food Products

Posted On: 2018-07-02

NNI Supplement to the President's 2018 Budget

Posted On: 2017-12-21

EPA Issues Direct Final SNURs for Carbon Nanotube (Generic) and Nanocarbon (Generic)

Posted On: 2017-10-03

Working Guidance on EPA's Section 8(a) Information Gathering Rule on Nanomaterials in Commerce

Posted On: 2017-10-03

Proposal for a new legislative framework for regulating nanomaterials

Posted On: 2017-09-08

NanoData landscape compilation: Construction

Posted On: 2017-07-05

Germany Publishes Meeting Report from Expert Dialogue on Application of Nanotechnologies in the Construction Sector

Posted On: 2017-06-28

EPA delays effective date of final rule for reporting and recordkeeping requirements for nanoscale materials

Posted On: 2017-05-16

New Documents on Nanotechnology, VOCs Available from AIHA Volunteer Groups

Posted On: 2017-04-19

The Art and Science of OELs for Nanomaterials

Posted On: 2017-02-01

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Review of the NNI for 2017 (letter report)

Posted On: 2017-01-18

First-Ever Nanoscale Chemicals Data Collection Rule Imminent

Posted On: 2017-01-06

Occupational exposure limits for manufactured nanomaterials, a systematic review

Posted On: 2016-12-13

Citizens and experts to get more information on nanomaterials

Posted On: 2016-12-08

Researchers Develop Hazard Assessment for Nanomaterials

Posted On: 2016-11-28

EPA Submits Final TSCA Rule on Nanomaterials to OMB for Review

Posted On: 2016-10-12

Nanotechnology: Delivering on the Promise Volume 1

Posted On: 2016-10-05

EPA Promulgates SNUR for Functionalized CNTs (Generic)

Posted On: 2016-05-23

Scale back nanomaterial reporting proposals, industry tells EPA

Posted On: 2015-09-04

Big questions about risk assessment of nanomaterials