Key principles and operational practices for improved nanotechnology environmental exposure assessment

Claus Svendsen, Lee A Walker, Marianne Matzke, Elma Lahive, Samuel Harrison, Alison Crossley, Barry Park, Stephen Lofts, Iseult Lynch, Socorro Vázquez-Campos, Ralf Kaegi, Alexander Gogos, Christof Asbach, Geert Cornelis, Frank von der Kammer, Nico W van den Brink, Claire Mays, David J Spurgeon

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    Abstract

    Nanotechnology is identified as a key enabling technology due to its potential to contribute to economic growth and societal well-being across industrial sectors. Sustainable nanotechnology requires a scientifically based and proportionate risk governance structure to support innovation, including a robust framework for environmental risk assessment (ERA) that ideally builds on methods established for conventional chemicals to ensure alignment and avoid duplication. Exposure assessment developed as a tiered approach is equally beneficial to nano-specific ERA as for other classes of chemicals. Here we present the developing knowledge, practical considerations and key principles need to support exposure assessment for engineered nanomaterials for regulatory and research applications.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)731-742
    JournalNature Nanotechnology
    Volume15
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 17 Aug 2020

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