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New Tool For Environmental Health and Safety Evaluations of Cellulose: Fluorescently Labeled Fibrillated Cellulose!

Vireo Advisors is a proud contributor to the newly published “Fluorescently Labeled Cellulose Nanofibers for Environmental Health and Safety Studies”.

Environment, Leadership, NanoEHS News, Nanomaterials, Cellulose, Risk Analysis, Safety, SustainabilityJames EdeApril 20, 2021Environmental Health and Safety, Cellulose EHS, Fluorescently Labeled Fibrillated Cellulose, Vireo Advisors, CNF, US Endowment for Forestry and Communities, carbon-based material, boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) reactive fluorescent probe, meso-DichlorotriazineEthyl BODIPY (mDTEB)Comment

Jo Anne Shatkin Receives the 2019 TAPPI Nano Division Leadership and Service Award

Vireo Advisors Founder and President Jo Anne Shatkin received the 2019 TAPPI Nanotechnology Division Leadership and Service Award in Chiba, Japan, on June 5 in recognition of her contributions toward establishing the safety of cellulose nanomaterials.

USDA Forest Service and P3Nano Collaborative Projects on Cellulose Nanomaterials

During a review meeting at the USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) in Madison, Wisconsin, the USDA Forest Service and the US Endowment for Forestry and Communities discussed a public-private partnership named P3Nano examined projects in which they had co-invested in 2016 in an effort to fund cellulose nanomaterials research ($4 million total, $2 million from FS, $2 million from the partner).

Commercialization, Nanomaterials, InnovationJames EdeJune 25, 2018Vireo Advisors, University of Maine, Yreka, California, p3 Nano, USDA Forest Service, US Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Georgia Tech, FPL, nanom, nanomaterialComment

Inhalation of Cellulose Nanomaterials: Vireo Advisors Safety Spotlight 

In this post, we update our knowledge on inhalation of cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) and cellulose nano/micro fibril (CNF/CMF) dusts and discuss best practices for working safely with them.

Commercialization, Environment, Guidance, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Risk AnalysisJames EdeJune 2, 20172016 TAPPI Conferebce on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials, Inhalation of Cellulose Nanomaterials: Vireo Advisors Safety Spotlight, Vireo, P3 Nano, nanocrystal (CNC) and cellulose nano/micro fibril (CNF/CMF) dusts, CN hazards, worker safety, occupational exposure, Commercialization, roadmap, roadmap of the health and environmental safety of CNs, poorly soluble low toxicity (PSLT) dusts, respiratory protection, occupational exposure limit, Experimental setup, Particle and Fibre Toxicology, NIOSH, Nanotechnology, Efforts by P3Nano on the Safe and Responsible Commercialization of CNs, Günter Oberdörster, Professor Emeritus of the University of Rochester, USDA, US Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Memorandum of Understanding, Safety Data Sheets for CNC/CNF, Kimberly Ong, Jo Anne Shatkin, James EdeComment