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.

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New Reports Highlight the Safety of Nanomaterials in Food and Food Contact Substances

An article published this week on Nanowerk highlighted two recently released reports from Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) on the safety of nanoparticles in food.

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Harper Group from Oregon State University Investigate the Effects of Chemical Modification on the Toxicity of Cellulose Nanomaterials

A publication in Cellulose this month investigated the effects of physical and chemical characteristics on cellulose nanomaterial toxicity.

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2016 Nanotoxicology Conference

The Nanotoxicology 2016 meeting held in Boston in early June was informative, entertaining, and well worth the time.

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2016 TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials

This year I wore the 5+ year member ribbon at the TAPPI Nanotechnology Conference. Since my first meeting in 2009 (thank you for inviting me Lori Sheremeta!), the meeting has grown from mostly academic reports and basic nanocellulose science to a diverse range of topics on the technologies, applications, characterization and safety!

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Halappanavar group publishes meta-analysis of studies of carbon nanotubes, carbon black and titanium dioxide to identify pulmonary disease outcomes for nanomaterials

The researchers were able to identify the biological processes from exposure to three types of nanomaterials and how it contributes to disease.