Representatives from research and development companies, governmental agencies, universities, investment firms, and more came together in Washington, D.C. for the annual Tech Connect World 2017 on May 14-17th.

A special edition of the journal NanoImpact, A decade of Nanotoxicology Research: Impact on Human Health and the Environment 8th International Congress of Nanotoxicology, features the collaborative work of Vireo Advisor's Kimberly Ong, Jo Anne Shatkin, and James Ede along with Theodora Retsina and Kim Nelson of American Process Inc.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today, through a publication in the Federal Register, that the effective date of the TSCA Nano Rule is delayed until August 14th, 2017.

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.

"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).