On October 17, 2017, the Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) informed about two new publications by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on manufactured nanomaterials. The first publication is a summary dossier of the OECD’s Testing Programme of Manufactured Nanomaterials on silver nanoparticles. The summary dossier covers physical and chemical properties, information on exposure, hazards to the environment, and toxicological information. The second publication is a new test guideline on the “Dispersion stability of nanomaterials in simulated environmental media.” Along with this publication, two further test guidelines on subacute and subchronic inhalation toxicity studies were adapted to nanomaterials.
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NIA (October 17, 2017). “OECD releases summary dossier on silver nanoparticles.”
NIA (October 17, 2017). “OECD publishes test guideline on dispersion stability of nanomaterials and updates two other test guidelines for nanomaterials.”
References
OECD (October 16, 2017). “Silver nanoparticles: Summary of the dossier.” ENV/JM/MONO(2017)31 (pdf)
OECD (October 9, 2017). “Test No. 318: Dispersion stability of nanomaterials in simulated environmental media.” OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 3 – Environmental fate and behaviour
OECD (October 9, 2017). “Test No. 412: Subacute inhalation toxicity: 28-day study.” OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 4 – Health effects
OECD (October 9, 2017). “Test No. 413: Subchronic inhalation toxicity: 90-day study.” OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 4 – Health effects
