Several themes were explored by The Emerging Nanoscale Materials Specialty Group (ENMSG) of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) co-organized by Jo Anne Shatkin and Kimberly Ong with a wonderful team of collaborators in a 2014 workshop on the use of alternate testing strategies (ATS) for risk assessment of nanomaterials.
Read MoreThe bill, titled Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) (nanotechnology) (C-287) would amend CEPA and set up procedures for “the investigation and assessment of nanomaterials”.
Read MoreThe latest headlines for NanoEHS News.
Read MoreOn June 22, 2016 President Obama signed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg Act) which took effect immediately, amending the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has formally withdrawn Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) enacted under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for functionalized carbon nanotubes (fCNTs).
Read MoreWe are very pleased to announce a new collaboration with TAPPI Nanotechnology Division to provide informative environmental health and safety resources (EHS) for cellulose nanomaterials (CNs) on a new page of the TAPPI Nano Website.
Read MoreA publication in Cellulose this month investigated the effects of physical and chemical characteristics on cellulose nanomaterial toxicity.
Read MoreThe Nanotoxicology 2016 meeting held in Boston in early June was informative, entertaining, and well worth the time.
Read MoreThis year I wore the 5+ year member ribbon at the TAPPI Nanotechnology Conference. Since my first meeting in 2009 (thank you for inviting me Lori Sheremeta!), the meeting has grown from mostly academic reports and basic nanocellulose science to a diverse range of topics on the technologies, applications, characterization and safety!
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