10 Nov 2019
NIA Members have been busy winning prizes this autumn and we are delighted to celebrate with them!
Endomag (UK): Endomag won not one, but two prizes – will the winning never end? Winners at TechTrack100 for Best Management Team, headed by our very own Eric Mayes, CEO and 'Best Established Medtech Company' at the OBN Awards.
10 Nov 2019
Nanoplastics is a generic term increasingly being used to define materials that fall into the nanoscale, primarily as a result of disposal and degradation of materials from the larger scale.
8 Nov 2019
During the CARACAL meeting 6-7 November, several topics related to nanomaterials were raised.
NIA Members will find more information in the Members Area (log in required).
7 Nov 2019
caLibrate recently held a webinar to introduce caLIBRAte Nano-Risk Governance Portal - a state-of-the-art one stop shop site to support nano-risk governance
The Portal will provide:
7 Nov 2019
At its plenary meeting 30-31 the EC SCCS (European Commission Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety) adopted its revised new 'Guidance on the safety assessment of nanomaterials in cosmetics'. The Guidance should be used together with the general cosmetics guidance document (currently in its 10th revision).
30 Oct 2019
The caLIBRAte project has established a risk risk governance framework and web-based platform to support governance of existing and emerging manufactured nanomaterials and nano-enabled products.
23 Oct 2019
EHCA published today (23 October) its 'Draft Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP) update for years 2020-2022'
The list contains 76 entries where 60 substances are to be evaluated in 2021 and 2022 and 14 during 2020. In the list of substances, there are no initial grounds for concern for nanoforms of substances in particular. However, there are...
18 Oct 2019
The European Observatory on Nanomaterials (EUON) has published an open invite for interested parties to suggest topics for upcoming studies in the area of nanomaterials that can be as a desk top study during a 3-9 month time period. The suggestions should be submitted before 15 Jaunary 2020.
EUON states:
10 Oct 2019
ECHA recently provided additional information in a press release of 8 October related to nanomaterials and REACH.
From1 January 2020 additional information on nanoforms of substances will need to be provided in REACH dossiers.
The amendments of the REACH Annexes for nanomaterials (nanoforms) apply to all new and existing registrations covering...
8 Oct 2019
The process to publish the 'Appendix on recommendations for nanomaterials applicable to the Guidance on Registration and Guidance on Substance ID' is moving ahead where the latest version, shared with the September meeting of CARACAL is now publicly available (September version, pdf) at the ECHA Ongoing Consultation page.
30 Sep 2019
The European Chemicals Agency will host a webinar 'Revised REACH information requirements for nanoforms: are you ready?' on 12 November at 11:00 - 13:30 EET (GMT +2).
23 Sep 2019
Following the CARACAL meeting (Competent authorities Meeting for REACH and CLP regulations) on 18 September, the European Commission will move forward with its controversial proposal to classify titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a ‘Carcinogen category 2’ for its inhalation hazard, with classification code H351 (inhalation).
22 Sep 2019
The study looked into “next generation” nanomaterials and whether the current terminology used in the EU chemicals regulations, as well as the implementation of the current legal requirements for identifying nanomaterials, are likely to pose technical challenges for these “next generation” materials.
6 Sep 2019
NIA is delighted to welcome UK-based Promethean Particles as a new Corporate Member. Promethean operates the world’s largest continuous multi-material nanoparticle manufacturing plant, using continuous hydrothermal synthesis, where nanoparticulate materials are produced by mixing superheated/supercritical water with a solution of a metal salt (...
27 Aug 2019
The NanoSafety Cluster newsletter for summer 2019 is now out. Read all about NanoSafety Cluster week in Copenhagen, 7-10 October including the caLIBRAte final workshop as well as about the PATROLS and City Care workshop on 3D cell cultures which took place in July. Read here.
19 Jul 2019
NIA is pleased to launch the July edition of our Newsletter NanoNews.
18 Jul 2019
16 Jul 2019
NIA has launched a short survey to assess what indicators are valuable to assess the economic health of nanomaterials.
Production and use of nanomaterials is often difficult to measure, with few companies strongly branded for their production and use, despite widespread applications across sectors. Company focus is primarily on products...
10 Jul 2019
On 3 July the Europan Commission Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) published their Opinion on the Solubility of of synthetic amorphous silica (SAS).
