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Consultation Responses & Evidence

April 2012:

NIA Opinion on the proposal from the Government of Switzerland to include activites related to nanotechnologies and manufactured nanomaterials in the Global Plan of Action of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)

February 2011:
NIA Opinion on French Government 'Decree regarding the annual mandatory reporting of nanoparticulate substances placed on the market' ('décret relatif à la déclaration annuelle des substances à l'état nanoparticulaire mises sur le marché')

February 2011:

NIA Comment on EFSA Draft Scientific Opinion on Guidance on risk assessment concerning potential risks arising from applications of nanoscience and nanotechnologies to food and feed

January 2011:
NIA Comments submitted to CEN/TC 352 on CEN ISO/TS 13830:2010 Guidance on the labelling of manufactured nano-objects and products
containing manufactured nano-objects

Registered NIA Members can download the full NIA Comments by following the link listed under the NIA Committee on 'Standardization' (NIA 'Members only'-area).

November 2010:
NIA Comments and Evidence in Response to the European Commission's Public Consultation on a Proposal for a Commission Definition of the Term "Nanomaterial".

November 2010:
NIA Comments on proposed California DTSC 'Green Chemistry Regulation'

September 2010:
NIA Comments submitted to the Public Consultation on the proposed SCENIHR Opinion on ‘Scientific Definition on the Term ‘Nanomaterial’’

May 2010:
NIA Comments on DRAFT Report (compiled by the University of California at San Francisco’s (UCSF) Program on Reproductive Health): 'A Nanotechnology Policy Framework for California: Policy Recommendations for addressing potential Heatl Risks from Nanomaterials'

February 2010:
NIA consolidated comments to the European Commission Consultation ‘Towards a Strategic Nanotechnology Action Plan (SNAP) 2010-2015’.

June 2009:
NIA Comments on Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) 'Opinion on Risk Assessment of Products of Nanotechnologies':
Submitted Version (shortened and heavily abbreviated due to restrictions)
NIA-published Version (un-abbreviated and available from this website only)

February 2010:
NIA Comment on the Australian Government, Department of Health and Ageing, National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme 'Proposal for Regulatory Reform of Nanomaterials'

March 2009:
NIA Comment on the UK House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee ‘Call for Evidence: Nanotechnologies and Food’

March 2009:
NIA Comments to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the ‘Petition for Rulemaking Requesting EPA Regulate Nanoscale Silver Products as Pesticides’ [EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0650]

December 2008:
NIA Comment on EFSA ‘Draft Opinion of the Scientific Committee on the Potential Risks Arising from Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies on Food and Feed Safety’ (Question No EFSA-Q-2007-124)

September 2007:
NIA Comment on ‘Preliminary Opinion on Safety of Nanomaterials in Cosmetic Products’ (Preliminary Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Consumer Products (SCCP) of the European Commission (EC))

September 2007:
NIA Comment on US EPA ‘Concept Paper for the Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program under TSCA & TSCA Inventory Status of Nanoscale Substances – General Approach’ [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2004-0122]

September 2007:
Response to European Commission’s consultation paper 'Towards a code of conduct for responsible nanoscience and nanotechnologies research' (in collaboration with the Responsible Nano Code Founding Partners: The Royal Society, Insight Investment, and the Nanotechnology KTN)

July 2007:
NIA written evidence to the UK Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution 'Study on the Environmental Effects of Novel Materials and Applications’

May 2007:
NIA Comment on the Public Consultation on ‘Appropriateness of the EU Technical Guidance Documents (TGD) of chemical legislation for nanomaterials’ (Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) of the European Commission (EC), approved on 29th March 2007)

May 2007:
NIA Response to the UK Government Council for Science and Technology report: ‘Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies: A Review of Government’s Progress on its Policy Commitments’

February 2007:
NIA Comments on the Draft Nano Risk Framework by the ‘Environmental Defense – DuPont’ Nano Partnership