Objective
Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are covered by REACH/CLP regulations; the general opinion is that the risk assessment (RA) approach routinely used for conventional chemicals is also applicable to ENMs. However, as acknowledged by OECD and ECHA, the OECD and ISO Test Guidelines (TGs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) need to be verified and adapted to be applicable to ENMs. RiskGONE will support the standardization and validation process for ENM by evaluating, optimizing and pre-validating SOPs and TGs and integrating them into a framework for risk governance (RG) of ENMs. The framework will comprise modular tools and will rely heavily on current strategies for the RA of conventional chemicals, complemented by methods for estimating environmental, social and economic benefits. It will incorporate ethical aspects and societal risk perception and will manage acceptable and unacceptable risks through transfer or mitigation. The focus of RiskGONE will be to produce nano-specific draft guidance documents for application to ENM RA; or, alternatively, to suggest ameliorations to OECD, ECHA, and ISO/CEN SOPs or guidelines. Rather than producing assays and methods ex novo, this will be achieved through Round Robin exercises and multimodal testing of OECD TGs and ECHA methods supporting the “Malta-project”, and on methods not yet considered by OECD. This process will be accelerated by guidance documents for data storage/curation/accessibility optimisation, applied to well-characterized reference ENMs typifying the main physicochemical and toxicological features of ENMs. A transparent, self-sustained RG council, representing EU stakeholders, member states, industry and civil society, will be established. The RG framework and methods developed by RiskGONE will be transferred to the RG council, which will act as a science-based governance body for ENMs safety and provide responsible 2-way communication with stakeholders and civil society, based on high quality information.
Field of science
- /social sciences/political science/political policy/civil society
- /social sciences/sociology/governance
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-NMBP-TO-IND-2018
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation action
Coordinator
2027 Kjeller
Norway
Participants (21)
4362 Esch Sur Alzette
10000 Zagreb
28006 Madrid
5020 Bergen
B15 2TT Birmingham
SA2 8PP Swansea
80-266 Gdansk
3000 Leuven
30123 Venezia
1050 Bruxelles
1000 Sofia
20014 San Sebastian
6200 MD Maastricht
1065 Nicosia
3582 EX Utrecht
V42V384 Limerick
60486 Frankfurt
1455693981 Tehran
1050 143 Lisboa
94700 Maisons Alfort
5020 Bergen
