On  January 2016, the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released a draft document on the Health Effects of Occupational Exposure to Silver Nanomaterial.. This document contains a literature review as well as recommendations for the safe handling of silver nanoparticles and research needs to fill in data gaps and is now open for comments with a deadline on 21 March 2016.

 

 

The CDC also announced a public meeting on this matter that will be held on 23 March 2016 at the NIOSH/CDC Robert A. Taft Laboratories in Cincinnati, Ohio. Read more: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/01/21/2016-01112/draft-current-intelligence-bulletin-health-effects-of-occupational-exposure-to-silver-nanomaterials

Read more:  https://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=CDC-2016-0001-0003