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Prioritization and risk assessment of nanomaterials: A new strategy by the NANoREG Project

European NANoREG project, funded by the European Commission FP7 programme, has developed a new nanomaterial-specific strategy for prioritization and risk assessment of applications with highest potential to impact human health. The strategy can be used by innovators, regulators, industry, and risk assessors for the safety assessment of existing and novel nanomaterials.

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FNN Conference on Categorization of Next Generation Nanomaterials took place on 30th November – 1st December 2017

FNN Conference on Categorization of Next Generation Nanomaterials that took place in Brussels, on 30th November- 1st December 2017 was a success.

From industry to NGOs, from research to standardization, the Conference brought together speakers and participants from several key sectors of the nanomaterials field worldwide. The Conference began by defining the different contexts in which nanomaterials categorization is important,

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FNN workshop on Categorisation of Next Generation Nanomaterials: Creating a Vision

ICEENN 2017
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Birmingham, UK

The primary goal for this session is to identify new driving forces with respect to nanomaterial categorisation efforts. How has recent research about nanomaterials changed our thinking about the need for and approach to categorisation?

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