EXCLUSIVE Documents now available on the NIA website
Registered 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 (access the ‘Members only’-area here).
Topical Briefings
Canada about to launch Data Surveys on Nanomaterials
(kindly provided with the help of the Nanotechnology Team at Beveridge & Diamond P.C.)
Background:
In June 2008, the Canadian Government announced to the OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN) that ‘Environment Canada and Health Canada are targeting September 2008 [now January 2009, see below*] for the launch of the information gathering survey under the authority of Section 71 of CEPA [Canadian Environmental Protection Act] 1999. The objective of this survey is to gather use pattern information, including volumes and sectors of use, and any relevant toxicological data already available for nanomaterials already in or soon to enter commerce in Canada. In parallel to the mandatory survey, a voluntary initiative will be pursued to gather additional information such as stewardship practices and physical chemical property data.’ (page 19)
Comments:
Both programmes will focus on nanomaterials that are deliberately engineered to have one or more spatial dimensions in the range of 1 – 100 nm. [...]
The mandatory programme will require the submission of "relevant and readily available data" on [...]
The voluntary programme will request information on [...]
* In December 2008, the Head of Client Services Unit (New Substances Division Environment Canada) noted in conversation with Beveridge & Diamond, that the New Substances Division Environment Canada was aiming at a January 2009 publication of the Notice with respect to nanomaterials under Section 71 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. [...]
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Canada proposed regulatory framework for nanomaterials
Environment Canada (EC) and Health Canada (HC) have released a document entitled Proposed Regulatory Framework for Nanomaterials Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (Proposed Framework). (10th September 2007)