ECHA Executive Director Authors First EUON Nanopinion Post
In addition to the incorporation of two databases to the EUON, NanoData (the nano-technology knowledge base) and the eNanoMapper (with data and tools for the risk assessment of nanomaterials), EUON also produces independent studies on different safety aspects with the aim of generating new data on topical issues and complementing already existing research. According to Hansen, EUON is preparing in final a study on the next-generation nanomaterials and working on three new studies:
Critical review of the factors determining dermal absorption of nanomaterials and available tools for the assessment of dermal absorption;
Critical review of studies on the reproductive and developmental toxicity of nanomaterials; and
Perception of nanomaterials among the general public.
EUON recently launched a search tool that combines data submitted by companies in their registration dossiers under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation, data collected about nanomaterials used as ingredients in cosmetic products under the Cosmetics Regulation, and data from the Belgian and French public national nanomaterial inventories. Hansen predicts that the data available on nanomaterials “will see an exponential increase as of 2020 when new information requirements for REACH enter into force, feeding the EUON with more data for its various audiences.” Industry will submit this new information via updates of their REACH registration dossiers. EUON invites its stakeholders and partners to use Nanopinion “to share their views on anything and everything to do with nanomaterials, their safety and their benefits.” Stakeholders who would like to contribute with a Nanopinion post of their own should contact EUON.
Source: Bergeson & Campbell, P. C.