Objective
The growing development, production and use of engineered nanomaterials and associated products will increase exposure of both humans and ecosystems to these new materials. However, current knowledge is still incomplete and established test methods are as yet inappropriate to reliably assess the extent of exposure and risk of materials at the nano-scale. There is an urgent need to develop methods to overcome the current limitations of existing hazard and risk assessment schemes and to generate the body of reference data needed as the basis for regulative requirements and for measures to safeguard production, application and the disposal of nanomaterials.
The proposed project will mobilize the critical mass of international scientific knowledge and technical expertise required to address these questions. Current analytical and toxicity test methods and models will be put to test and subjected to rigorous intercalibration and validation. Where necessary, methods and test materials will be modified, adapted and validated, and new reliable reference methods developed, in cooperation with international standardisation bodies and the concerned industry, to support both pre and co-normative activities and to make the applicability of existing RA and LCA schemes to ENPs more reliable.
The feasibility of validated measurement, characterization and test methods will be assessed by selected case studies to help the significant improvement of the performance of existing exposure monitoring systems as well as the development of new risk management and reduction strategies.
Field of science
- /engineering and technology/nanotechnology/nano-materials
- /social sciences/sociology/governance/crisis management
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
FP7-NMP-2010-LARGE-4
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Funding Scheme
CP-IP - Large-scale integrating projectCoordinator
67129 Arvika
Sweden
Participants (31)
1049 Brussels
33014 Tampere
5020 Salzburg
50009 Zaragoza
5000 Namur
1000 Ljubljana
B15 2TT Birmingham
80686 Munchen
04318 Leipzig
077190 Voluntari
2100 Kobenhavn
44149 Dortmund
8600 Dubendorf
12618 Tallinn
12205 Berlin
10787 Berlin
25070 235 Rio De Janeiro
31270 901 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais
110001 New Dehli
H3A0G4 Montreal
35131 Padova
114 28 Stockholm
5032 Gembloux Les Isnes
83404 Ainring
1024 Ecublens Vd
10043 Orbassano
380009 Ahmedabad
2400 Mol
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92700 Colombes
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SW7 5BD London
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FK9 4NF Stirling