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SAFENANO Projects
 
 
 
SAFENANO / IOM's nanotechnology work builds on our extensive experience investigating the toxicity on fine particles and fibres and workplace risk management. It spans our three main business areas: research, consulting and services.

We are supported in delivering our programme of work through our partners in the Safety of nanomaterials Interdisciplinary Research Centre (SnIRC). SnIRC is a multidisciplinary virtual research centre, formed to address the many uncertainties about the potential risks to health and the environment arising from exposure to nanoparticles and other nanomaterials. The centre is based on existing collaborations between the Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) in Edinburgh, Napier University, Aberdeen University, Edinburgh University and the Central Science Laboratory (CSL).
 
SAFENANO's scientists are members of, or have given evidence to, many of the key national and international committees concerned with nanoparticle risks including the RS/RAEng Working Group on Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies,  four of the NRGC task forces, SCENIHR, OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials, ISO TC299, NIOSH, the European Commission and BSI NTI/1. Both SAFENANO & SnIRC also provided several speakers at EU (NMP)Workshop on research projects on the safety of nanomaterials: reviewing the knowledge gaps in Brussels on 17-18 April 2008.
 
 
The SAFENANO team's work in nanotechnology health and safety related projects falls into three main categories - click the links for more information on each.
 
 
 EC Framework Supported Work

SAFENANO / IOM lead or are partners in a number of both Framework 6 and Framework 7 funded projects. Follow the links below to access information on each.
Framework 6

IOM is lead of one FP6 project - Particle_Risk. Follow the link below for further information:

  Framework 7

IOM is leads or participates in several FP7 review or concerted action projects underway or in final negotiation. These include:

  ENRHES
  ENPRA
  NANEX


 
 Research Council Projects

Follow the links below to read more about SAFENANO/IOM's involvement with Research Council funded work.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)


 
 Consultancy and Reviews
 
SAFENANO / IOM and our partners in SnIRC have led many of the recent research reviews commissioned by DEFRA, HSE and the Environment agency as part of the wider UK Government response to nanotechnology risk issues raised by the RS/RAE 2004 report. Follow the links below to access information on each.
 
Health & Safety Executive (HSE)

Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
 A scoping study to identify hazard data needs for addressing the risks presented by nanoparticles and nanotubes (2005)
 Review of gaps in environmental regulation for the products and applications of nanotechnologies (2005)
 The manufacture and use of nanomaterials in the UK (2005)
 Current and predicted environmental exposure arising from engineered nanomaterials (2007)
 REFNANO:  Reference materials for engineered nanoparticle toxicology and metrology (2007)
 CELL PEN: A study to identify physicochemical factors controlling the capacity of nanoparticles to penetrate cells (2008)
 HARN: An outline scoping study to determine whether High Aspect Ratio nanoparticles should raise the same concerns as do asbestos fibres (2008)
 EMERGNANO: A review of completed and near completed environment, health and safety research on nanomaterials (2008)

British Standards Insititute (BSI)
 BSI, PD 6699-2:2007 Nanotechnologies - Part 2: Guide to safe handling and disposal of manufactured nanomaterials (2007) 
 

Food Standards Agency (FSA)
 Food Standard Agency Project A01057 'Assessment of the potential use of nanomaterials as food additives or food ingredients in relation to consumer safety and implication for regulatory controls' (2007)
 Food Standards Agency Project A3063 'Assessment of Current and Projected Applications of Nanotechnology for Food Contact Materials in Relation to Consumer Safety and Regulatory Implications' (2008)