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Assessment tools for nanomaterials
Created by assoceditor on 12/04/2012 12:12:22

The German Ministry of the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety has published a new report on assessment tools for nanomaterials.

The German Ministry of the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety (BMU) has published a new report "Assessment tools for nanomaterials" [pdf, in German]. A summary of the report is also available in English [pdf], which summarises the development process of preliminary assessment tools for nanomaterials and nanoproducts by the NanoCommission and its working groups. It also includes the results of the first FachDialog "Risk management in the nano world". The German version of the report contains a second part, which is a short guidance document to support the selection of preliminary assessment tools for nanomaterials and nanoproducts. Since this guidance only supports the selection of German tools, it is not translated to English.

Background

Since 2006, the German Ministry of the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety (BMU) has supported a continuous information and experience exchange between stakeholder groups with the German NanoDialogue. In this context the German NanoCommission was appointed in order to consult the German federal government on the responsible use of nanomaterials. Stakeholders from industry, science, authorities and civil society groups were involved in the discussions and have contributed to the final reports and recommendations.

The NanoCommission worked in two consecutive dialogue phases (2006 – 2008 and 2009 – 2011). Selected topics were discussed in-depth in working groups. At the end of the second dialogue phase, the NanoCommission recommended to continue the discussion in form of topic-focused events. The organisational set-up of the third dialogue phase was therefore changed respectively. The current third dialogue phase started in December 2011 and ends in November 2012.

The first two-day FachDialogue was held under the topic "Risk management in the nano world". Approximately 20 representatives of different interest groups took part and discussed the relationship between preliminary assessment tools for nanomaterials and nanoproducts and the regulatory framework. In addition, options to promote the use of preliminary assessment tools were discussed.

Source: Nanowerk News, with minor editorial changes

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