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.
EPA Reviewing 10 Chemicals for Potential Additional Regulation
The EPA is reviewing 10 chemicals and the hazards they may pose to human and environmental health to see if additional regulation for the chemicals is needed
New characterization factors for titanium dioxide
New characterization factors have been calculated to enable more realistic lifecycle assessments (LCAs) for products containing titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles.
Evaluating the Completeness and Quality of Curated Nanomaterial Data
In their recent article, Robinson et al., (2016) identify that with the increasing use of nanotechnology, "the curation of nanomaterial data into electronic resources is crucial to [realize] the potential of nanotechnology to deliver benefits to society whilst having acceptable impacts upon human health and the environment".
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.
nanoIndEx Published its Guidance on Assessing Personal Exposure to Airborne Nanomaterials
A three year project entitled “Assessment of Individual Exposure to Manufactured Nanomaterials By Means of Personal Monitors and Samples” (nanoIndEx) published “Assessment of Personal Exposure to Airborne Nanomaterials” last month.