NIA to help develop Advice on the Assessment of Nanomaterials under REACH

Released on Friday 29th January 2010

Two contracts concerning the development of specific advice on the assessment of nanomaterials under REACH have been awarded by the Institute for Health and Consumer Protection of the European Commission’s Directorate General Joint Research Centre (JRC) to a consortium led by SAFENANO (Institute of Occupational Medicine), and including the Nanotechnology Industries Association, Cefic, and Soluzioni Informatiche:

The first project, RIP-oN2 (aka REACH-NanoInfo), addresses the REACH information requirements on intrinsic properties of nanomaterials. The second project, RIP-oN3 (aka REACH-NanoHazEx), addresses undertaking exposure assessments and conducting hazard and risk characterisation for nanomaterials within the REACH context.

The output from the projects will be developed over a period of 12-16 months in consultation with a range of stakeholders and will be used by the European Commission to support further developments in REACH Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety Assessment. Both projects start in January 2010. 

Follow these links to download the full press release, or to find out more about the projects RIP-oN2 and RIP-oN3 (NIA website) / RIP-oN2(REACH-NanoInfo) and RIP-oN3 (REACH-NanoHazEx) (SAFENANO website).

 
Related Links:
On the 1st December 2009, the Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) started a new project that aims to review and collate exposure information on nanomaterials under REACH. (16th December 2009)
 
The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment has published a report entitled Nanomaterials under REACH – Nanosilver as a case study; according to the report’s preface, it describes ‘a hypothetical registration of nanosilver under the new EU REACH regulation on chemicals, taking into account the ongoing discussions within the REACH Competent Authorities and its Subgroup on Nanomaterials on how REACH applies to nanomaterials [...]. (15th December 2009)
 
PROSPECT - The new Vision for Nanomaterials
'PROSPEcT - Ecotoxicology Test Protocols for Representative Nanomaterials in Support of the OECD Sponsorship Programme', the NIA's flagship project on nanomaterials safety, has launched its dedicated PROSPECT project website. (3rd December 2009)
 
Meeting Reports (by the NIA Delegate):
9th October 2009: Stakeholder Conference: Nanomaterials on the Market - What Regulators Need to Know
(Brussels, 9th October 2009)

 

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