Vireo Advisors' Jo Anne Shatkin, James Ede, and Kimberly Ong published a chapter, “Minimizing Risk: An Overview of Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Nanomaterials” to the newly released “Metrology and Standardization for Nanotechnology: Protocols and Industrial Innovations”.  

The chapter, (Environmental Health and Safety of Cellulose Nanomaterials and Composites, Ch. 21 in, Dufresne, A, H. Kargarzadeh, I. Ahmad, S. Thomas (Eds.) Handbook of Cellulose Nanocomposites, 2 Volume Set 1st Edition. 2017, ISBN: 978-3527338665.Wiley,-VCH, Weinheim, DE.) was co-authored by Jo Anne Shatkin and Baram Kim.

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.

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 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.