Developing trends in nano...
Waste containing nanomaterials — or nanowaste — is an emerging safety concern worldwide, warranting specific environmentally sound waste management and regulation. Authors: Arturo A. Keller, Alex Ehrens, Yuanfang Zheng & Bernd
Safe-by-design and EU fun...
Contribution of the EU NanoSafetyCluster (NSC), supporting the SbD-study of the European Commission, March 2021 Editors: Andreas Falk, Flemming R. Cassee and Eva Valsami-Jones
Guidelines: Safe-by-desig...
A novel guideline document elaborated by the EU-consortium GoNanoBioMat and presented at the final dissemination event. The GoNanoBioMat framework is designed to elaborate current knowledge to small and medium-sized enterprises
Publications on Synthetic...
Action plan Synthetic Nanomaterials Final report 2 September 2020 (only available in German and French) Opportunities and Risks of Nanomaterials Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2017 Opportunities and Risks
Nanomedicine: The Minuten...
Tiny particles that can fight cancer or that can easily pass through any interface within our body are a great promise for medicine. But there is little
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eREACHNano is a new free web tool focused on helping small and medium-sized companies that may lack sufficient in-house expertise on the regulation covering nanomaterials.
Microplastics and Nanopla...
Recently, the European Commission published a study that provides further information on the intentional uses of microplastic particles in products and the risks they pose to human
Nanomedicine in Liverpool
contactpointnano was present at Nanomed Europe 23 in Liverpool (June 19-22). This event is organized by ETPN and it is the largest Nanomedicine event in Europe. The
The need for awareness an...
Published in Nature Nanotechnology by the group of Alke Petri-Fink and Barbara Rothen-Rutishauer (www.nature.com/articles/s41565-023-01331-4). The authors discuss the safety concerns on handling and disposing nanomaterials, the possible
Questions about nanomater...
New initiative to pool know-how on synthetic nanomaterials in Switzerland Hönggerberg, June 7, 2018 – At the Swiss Nano Convention 2018, taking place at ETH Zurich this