Our roundup of what’s new and notable in sustainable and biobased materials.
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TAPPI Nano is the preeminent conference on nanotechnology related to renewable nanomaterials. Vireo Advisors is taking a leadership role in program development, focusing on product stewardship, bio-based and sustainable materials, regulatory requirement, and health and safety sessions at the heart of this program.
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Our latest roundup includes news about regulatory actions on nanomaterials, food additives, bisphenols and partially hydrogenated oils; new databases for exposure assessment data and regulatory information; company news from UBQ, Performance Biofilaments Inc., Conagen and Amyris, Inc.; and publication of notable papers on safety assessment and safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) approaches.
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The European Commission's Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) has published new guidance on safety assessment of nanomaterials in cosmetics.
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The U.S. FDA NanoDay Symposium 2022, on October 11, 2022, will include an overview and discussion of their Guidance for Industry on drug products, including biological products, which contain nanomaterials.
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Dr. Kimberly Ong of Vireo Advisors, LLC is pleased to serve on the board of NanoCanada’s Canadian Safety and Health Initiative for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials and invites you to register for the webinar, “Nanotechnology regulation in Canada, the United States, and the European Union” on May 5, 2021.
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Author Jess Wade has published a picture book called Nano which introduces children to the cutting-edge area of STEM that is nanotechnology.
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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently published Current Intelligence Bulletin (CIB) 69: NIOSH Practices in Occupational Risk Assessment.
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Led by Dr. James Ede, the Vireo team co-authored a study in a special issue of the open access journal Nanomaterials with Michael Goergen and Alan Rudie entitled "Risk Analysis of Cellulose Nanomaterials by Inhalation: Current State of Science".
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Chinese scientists from the Center for Nano Energy Materials (CNEM) of Northwestern Polytechnical University have created a compound of calcium hydroxide and graphene quantum dots in a water solution to protect ancient wall paintings.
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