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ISO report on toxicological tests for nano-objects
Created by assoceditor on 16/07/2012 13:36:49


The International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) have published a new Technical Report providing guidance on physicochemical characterisation of engineered nanoscale materials for toxicologic assessment.



ISO/TR 13014:2012 is intended to assist health scientists and other experts to understand, plan, identify, and address relevant physicochemical characteristics of nano-objects before conducting toxicological tests on them.

Dr. Richard Pleus, leader of the ISO team that developed ISO/TC 13014, commented: 

"By understanding the chemical and physical characteristics of nano-objects, we are working to decrease toxicity of materials and promote the development of safer alternatives.

"The work done in this document has a fundamental importance in toxicology, as it tells scientists the material being tested needs to be understood: What does it look like? What is it made of? How does it interact with the surrounding environment?"

Nanotechnology, which refers to the manipulation and control of matter in the nanoscale (approximately 1 to 100 nm), is revolutionising virtually all industry sectors, from information technology to medicine to clean energy production.

ISO/TR 13014:2012 was developed by ISO technical committee ISO/TC 229, Nanotechnologies, working group WG 3, Health, safety and environment.  

Click here to access the report via the ISO Store.

Source: ISO

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