A coalition of industries association, orchestrated by the Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA), representing nanotechnology producers and users, and CEFIC, representing the European chemical industry, and including Eurometaux, representing the non-ferrous metals industry, and the American Chemistry Council, representing the North American chemical industry, has provided a background paper of comments on the paper entitled ‘Ongoing work on the safety of nanomaterials’ (transmitted by the experts from France) as part of the United Nations Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals. 

The background paper was not officially submitted to the Committee meeting, but provided as ‘need to know’ material, in case of a detailed discussion of the French paper.

Registered NIA Members can download the full Comments on the paper ‘Ongoing work on the safety of nanomaterials’  (CEFIC/NIA/Eurometaux/ACC) from the ‘Members only’-area on the NIA website, by following the link to ‘Restricted Documents and Publications’.