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17/06/2015
The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has published a new report which describes and assesses the current state of affairs with regards to the development and use of nanomaterials/nanoparticles, including the ability to assess possible human and environmental toxicological risks.
According to the authors, the risks associated with products currently under development have to provisionally be examined within certain confines to be able to make an assessment of them, and there is a need to adopt a more pragmatic approach. The rapid pace of new developments makes it necessary to continue devoting attention to how risk assessments must be designed and to how to deal with the uncertainty surrounding potential risks.Key components, the authors suggest, are data about the behaviour of nanoparticles and nanomaterials and knowledge of how to predict their properties.
The report includes an overview of the current European regulatory regime for nanomaterials, and then focuses on the current state of affairs in risk assessment and toxicology. General insights have been amplified for some distinct fields such as consumer products, food, medical applications, workplace applications and the environment.
Download here the Full report download from the RIVM website.

