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Vireo Advisor's Kimberly Ong to Present Work of NanoAOP Project at Nano Canada 2017 
Vireo Advisor's Kimberly Ong to Present Work of NanoAOP Project at Nano Canada 2017 

Dr. Kimberly Ong of Vireo Advisors will present Vireo’s ongoing collaborative work* entitled, "Advancing Adverse Outcome Pathways as a Tool for the Risk Assessment of Nanomaterials – the NanoAOP Project", during NanoCanada's first national conference: Converging on Nanomanufacturing from September 25-26, 2017 in Montréal, Canada. 

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Alternate Testing, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, EventsJames EdeVireo Advisors, Kimberly Ong, NanoAOP Project, Nano Canada 2017, oecd, Nanotechnology Standards, Regulations, and Health and Safety session, Converging on Nanomanufacturing, Montréal, Canada, nanomaterials, CSA Group, Health Canada, Evonik, GO 2 SCOUT 4 R&T, (Xerox Research Centre Canada, OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials Project, Environment and Climate Change Canada, alberta innovates, Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs), ecological impacts, hazard identification, risk assessmentComment
Special issue of Risk Analysis Journal Explores Alternate Testing Strategies for Nanomaterials
Special issue of Risk Analysis Journal Explores Alternate Testing Strategies for Nanomaterials

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.

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Alternate Testing, Guidance, Nanomaterials, NanoEHS News, Risk AnalysisJames EdeSRA, Vireo Advisors, Alternative Testing Strategy, Risk Analysis, The Emerging Nanoscale Materials Specialty Group (ENMSG), Jo Anne Shatkin, Kimberly Ong, ATS, Nanomaterials, human health risks, oecd, Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials, WPMN, ECA, in vivo, in vitroComment
Paper Highlights Experimental Modifications and Recommendations for Using An Alternative Testing Strategy for Nanomaterials
Paper Highlights Experimental Modifications and Recommendations for Using An Alternative Testing Strategy for Nanomaterials

A review published in Archives of Toxicology this month evaluated the applicability of OECD Test Guideline 210 (Fish, Early-life Stages) to characterize the ecotoxicity of engineered nanomaterials.

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Guidance, Nanomaterials, Risk AnalysisJames Edereview published in Archives of Toxicology, Archives of Toxicology, Vireo Advisors, oecd, OECD Test Guideline 210, Fish Early-life Stag, ecotoxicity, Nanomaterials, zebrafish, titanium dioxide nanoparticles, multi-walled carbon nanotubes, silver nanoparticles, toxicity, morphometricsComment