17 Apr 2024
In its commitment to support its members and engage collaboratively with peer organizations, the Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) has become a part of The Particles Platform. This informal network of associations fosters connections, facilitates the exchange of information, and pursues joint advocacy efforts concerning...
17 Apr 2024
The Regulation (EC) No. 1223/2009 was developed to provide a high level of protection to human health for cosmetic products containing nanomaterials and the European Commission routinely requests opinions to the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) whenever a concern arises regarding the safety of a particular nanomaterial.
7 Mar 2024
The Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA), the leading global voice for for the nanotechnology community since 2005, announces its new Board of Directors, elected during its Annual General Meeting (AGM).
5 Mar 2024
Since its inception in 2017, the Mata Initiative has focused on revising OECD Test Guidelines (TG) and Guidance Documents (GD) to make them suitable for nano and advanced materials. These guidelines are crucial for both the industry and regulatory bodies in the assessment and testing of chemicals, playing a key role in the effective...
14 Feb 2024
The OECD has published the Round Table information from the WPMN meeting held in June 2023 (period June 2022-June 2023), entitled “Developments in Delegations on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials and Advanced Materials – Tour de Table”.
22 Jan 2024
The NIA, as part of the OECD Steering Group of Advanced Materials, met on the 22 January 2024 as part of a series of meetings to validate tools developed to anticipate safety issues on novel materials such as advanced materials.
22 Jan 2024
In a significant move towards fostering international cooperation in the field of nanotechnology and advanced materials, the Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) and the Nanotechnology Business Creation Initiative (NBCI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 15 November 2023. This groundbreaking agreement marks a new era of...
12 Dec 2023
Following a previous SCCS conclusion on the safety of Hydroxyapatite (nano) when used at concentrations up to 10 % in toothpaste, and up to 0.465 % in mouthwash regarding rod-shaped Hydroxyapatite (nano) particles (see SCCS opinion Hydroxyapatite March 2023), industry has provided new evidence on the safety of Hydroxyapatite (nano) which now...
24 Nov 2023
The Malta Initiative just launched a survey to collect input on priorities where OECD Test Guidelines (TGs) and Guidance Documents (GDs) need actions to make them applicable for nanomaterials and (other) advanced materials, i.e. materials that come with specific properties and behaviour due to their size, shape and structure. You are invited to...
14 Nov 2023
During October 2023 the NIA Regulatory Affairs Director attended the CEN/352 Nanotechnologies meeting hosted in BSI (UK) where the status of the different CEN preliminary working items was presented and discussed and new ideas put forwards, regarding future standard needs from the Nanotechnology sector. The NIA remains open to new ideas from...
10 Nov 2023
A new freely available web based platform that the NIA helped developed will aid scientists developing and using internationally accepted testing standards for chemicals and nanomaterials.
The OECD publishes internationally agreed and accepted standard methods for the safety testing of chemicals and nanomaterials. Under the OECD Mutual Acceptance...
13 Sep 2023
The EUON report on NAMs for nanomaterials is available . This report is particularly useful to stakeholders wishing to explore nano-specific NAMs for regulatory purposes in human safety assessment. The report identified 220 NAMs of which only 8 were nano-specific, calling for more research on NAMs applicable to the nanosize. The report also...
