American Process Inc. (API) (Atlanta, GA) and Aditya Birla Group’s, Birla Carbon (Marietta, GA) recently signed a Joint Development Agreement to further efforts of combining carbon black and nanocellulose to improve the performance and sustainability of tires.

The National Strategy for Modernizing the Regulatory System for Biotechnology Products (Strategy), was published in September of 2016 along with the 2017 Update to the Coordinated Framework (see our previous post). 

In advance of this year’s TAPPI Nanotechnology Division Conference in Montreal, Canada, (June 5th-8th, 2017) Vireo Advisors will be hosting a half-day workshop on Monday June 5 aimed at small-, mid-, and large-sized enterprises interested in the health, safety and environmental aspects of working with bio-based and nanoscale materials.

The original ‘1986 Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology’ and the ‘Update in 1992’ served to regulate biotechnology products in the United States and ensure protection of both human health and the environment.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published a report entitled Alternative Testing Strategies in Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials:  Current State of Knowledge and Research Needs to Advance Their Use.