European Commission awards projects on nanomaterial assessment under REACH

08-Mar-2010

The European Commission’s Institute for Health and Consumer Protection has awarded two new projects as part of the REACH Implementation Projects on nanomaterials (RIP-oNs) (CW Briefing September 2009)

REACH-NanoInfo addresses information requirements on intrinsic properties of nanomaterials in the context of REACH (RIP-oN 2)
REACH-NanoHazEx aims to provide advice on exposure assessments and conducting hazard and risk characterisation for nanomaterials (RIP-oN 3)

Both projects, which run through to 2011 are led by a consortium including Safenano, part of the UK 's Institute for Occupational Medicine, the Nanotechnology Industries Association, the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) and the Italian company Soluzioni Informatiche.

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