The Vireo Advisors blog brings you the latest news and developments in safe, sustainable and bio-based materials and products including novel foods and sustainable nanomaterials.
JRC Publishes NANoREG Toolbox for the Safety Assessment of Nanomaterials
The Toolbox provides useful tools such as test methods, datasets, models, guidance documents, decision trees, etc., which are available to regulators and others in context of REACH.
Comments Due for Nanoform-Specific Registration Requirements Proposed for E.U.’s REACH Legislation
On October 9th, 2017, The European Commission (EC) released a Draft Regulation that would amend the E.U.’s REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction) Regulation to address nanoforms.
The Use of Titanium Dioxide (Nano) as UV Filter Permissible by the European Commission’s Amendment to Cosmetics Regulation
The European Commission (EC) made an announcement of a regulation in the Official Journal of the European Union which amends Annex VI, the list of ultraviolet (UV) filters allowed in cosmetic products.
2014 Petition for EU-Wide Ban on Nanoparticles is Denied
A 2014 petition calling for a ban on nanoparticles in the European Union has been denied by the European Commission (EC) in their notice to the European Parliament.