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Resources now available to help companies using advanced materials to combat COVID-19 navigate regulatory clearances in the US

As part of the Applied Public Health & Environmental, Health, and Safety Working Group, Vireo Advisors has developed several resources to help companies using advanced materials, such as nanotechnologies, to combat SARS-CoV-2 navigate regulatory requirement to get their products to market safely and efficiently.

EPA Announces Plan to Reduce Animal Testing

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this month that they will provide $4.25 million in funding to five universities to research the development and use of alternative test methods and strategies with the goal of reducing, replacing, or refining animal testing in the U.S.

EPA Announces it is Postponing the Effective Date of the New TSCA Nano Rule

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today, through a publication in the Federal Register, that the effective date of the TSCA Nano Rule is delayed until August 14th, 2017.

Nanotechnology, Policy, RegulationJames EdeMay 12, 2017Environmental Protection Agency, Nanotechnology, nanomaterialsComment

EPA Withdraws Significant New Use Rules (SNUR) for Carbon Nanotubes

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has formally withdrawn Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) enacted under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for functionalized carbon nanotubes (fCNTs).