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OECD published further details on the Sponsorship Programme of Manufactured Nanomaterials
Published: Friday 29 August 2008
The OECD’s Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN) published a page dedicated to the OECD WPMN Sponsorship Programme on its public website; the page links to the table of Sponsorship Arrangements (including countries and stakeholders contributing to the programme) and the list of a representative set of manufactured nanomaterials and endpoints for Phase 1 testing.
OECD’s WPMN published launched a the Sponsorship Programme in November 2007, by agreeing on a priority list of MNs for testing (based on materials which are in or close to commerce) as well as a list of endpoints for which they should be tested.
The Nanotechnology Industries Association have formed a 50:50 public:private partnership to secure one of the largest single contributions to the OECD WPMN Sponsorship Programme; the planned PROSPEcT Project will conduct in-depth characterisation, ecotoxicology testing, environmental fate tracking, and detection prototyping of nano-ZnO and nano-CeO2.
Follow these links to find out more about the OECD WPMN Sponsorship Programme, to download an update on the Sponsorship Arrangements (including countries and stakeholders contributing to the programme), to download the list of a representative set of manufactured nanomaterials and endpoints, as agreed by the OECD WPMN, or to find out more about the PROSPEcT Project.