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EXCLUSIVE Documents now available on the NIA Website
Published: Sunday 2 May 2010
Registered NIA Members can now download the following exclusive documents (i.e. Meeting Presentations, Meeting Notes, etc.), recently uploaded onto the secure ‘Members only’-area of the NIA website.
Topical Briefings:
This page provides members with reviews and exclusive information on topical issues, made available by the NIA and/or third parties for use by NIA Members only.
2nd May 2010
US Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee discusses Nanotechnology and Pesticides
(Arlington, Virginia (US), 29th – 30th April 2010)
Background:
At the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) meeting [held on the 29th and 30th April 2010], William Jordan, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), presented slides regarding nanotechnology and pesticides. Jordan briefly described how OPP is defining nanoscale materials and how the technology is being applied to the field of pesticides. His presentation described OPP's recent consultation with EPA's Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) concerning nanosilver and other nanometal pesticide products, as well as other ongoing regulatory activity and future actions OPP intends to take. The background materials from the meeting are available online, and the slides are available online.
Soundbites:
OPP's working definition of nanomaterial is:
- An ingredient that contains particles that have been intentionally produced to have at least one dimension that measures between approximately 1 and 100 nanometers.
Jordan also announced that OPP intends to respond in June 2010 to the International Center for Technology Assessment's (ICTA) May 2008 petition. [...].
Registered NIA Members can download the full Bergeson&Campbell P.C. Topical Briefing from the Members only’-area on the NIA website by following the link to 'Topical Briefings'.
Related Links:
‘Inconsistent nanosilver petition should be denied’ – NIA submits comments to EPA
The Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) has submitted Comments to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the ‘Petition for Rulemaking Requesting EPA Regulate Nanoscale Silver Products as Pesticides’. (20th March 2009)