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.
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.
The Push for the EPA to Accept Non-Animal Safety Data
Many chemical manufacturers are hoping that non-animal safety data will be well received in the U.S. by the EPA.
NanoCRED: A transparent framework to assess the regulatory adequacy of ecotoxicity data for nanomaterials
"NanoCRED: A transparent framework to assess' the regulatory adequacy of ecotoxicity data for nanomaterials – Relevance and reliability revisited", by Hartmann, et al., was released in March 2017 (Science Direct).
OECD Publishes Report on Alternative Testing Strategies in Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials Led by Vireo Advisors Collaboration
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.
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) provides new advice on using non-animal test methods
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) recently updated its guidance on how to use non-animal testing methods to gather data for REACH substance registration.