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.
January 1, 2020 Deadline Approaches for REACH Requirements for Nanomaterials
In an October press release, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) reminded companies of the January 1, 2020 deadline by which more information concerning nanomaterials in the EU market must be provided under REACH Regulation.
Vireo Advisors Publishes Cellulose Nanomaterials Practical Handling Guide and SDS Templates for Cellulose Nanomaterials
As part of our work with P3Nano, Vireo Advisors has developed safety data sheet templates for three cellulose nanomaterials: Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNC), Cellulose Nanofibrils (CNF) and Tempo Cellulose Nanofibrils(T-CNF). These templates are available on the resources page of the Vireo website.
Long Term Use of 3-D Printers Could be Hazardous
Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Underwriters Laboratories have shown that 3-D printers emit fine and ultrafine particles demonstrated to have significant harmful effects on cells that line the respiratory tract.
Microplastic Cleanup using Nanocoils
In a recently published article in the journal Matter, scientists describe their work using nanocoils to clean up microplastic pollution.
Vireo Advisors Coordinating OECD Workshop to Advance Use of Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOP) for Nanomaterial Risk Assessment
Vireo Advisors is collaborating with Health Canada and two European Horizon2020 projects to coordinate two back-to-back workshops at the OECD: “Advancing Adverse Outcome Pathway (NanoAOP) Development for Nanomaterial Risk Assessment and Categorization” (NanoAOP Workshop), to be held 11 September 2019, and a stakeholder workshop organized by the EU H2020 Project Physiologically Anchored Tools for Realistic nanOmateriaL hazard aSsessment (PATROLS ), to be held 12 September 2019.