**** UPDATE : NIA MEMBERS are invited to download read and comment the draft NIA COMMENTS and send back their comments to Guillaume.Flament@nanotechia.org by Friday 23 September at 10.00 CET ****
Following the collection of information on 206 nanomaterials manufactured or imported in Canada in 2015 and a consultation on a Proposed Approach to Address Nanoscale Forms of Substances on the Domestic Substances List, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Health Canada (HC) are running a new consultation on a Proposed prioritization approach for nanoscale forms of substances on the Domestic Substances List (DSL) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA).
The current document proposes an approach to three different questions and asks 'charge questions' to stakeholders:
1. Establish a list of existing nanomaterials in Canada for prioritization.
Charge question: The Program is seeking input from stakeholders on possible approaches for grouping nanomaterials for prioritization.
2. Identify how the information available will be used to inform prioritization of nanomaterials for risk assessment.
Charge question: The program is seeking input from stakeholders on the proposed approach for ranking ecological and human exposure. The program is also seeking any additional information that would further quantify potential sources of release/exposure.
Charge question: The program is seeking input from stakeholders on the proposed approach for ranking human health and ecological hazard.
3. Outline the proposed outcomes of the prioritization process.
Charge question: The program is seeking input from stakeholders on mechanisms that could be used to fill data gaps for nanomaterials that require additional information to prioritize.
Please follow this link to read NIA comments to the 2015 Consultation.
NIA Members are invited to read the full ECCC and HC consultation and to provide comments and replies to the charge questions by email to Guilllaume.Flament@Nanotechia.org by 16 September 2016 at 12.00 CET.
