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Review
. 2020 Sep;15(9):731-742.
doi: 10.1038/s41565-020-0742-1. Epub 2020 Aug 17.

Key principles and operational practices for improved nanotechnology environmental exposure assessment

Claus Svendsen  1 , Lee A Walker  2 , Marianne Matzke  1 , Elma Lahive  1 , Samuel Harrison  2 , Alison Crossley  3 , Barry Park  4 , Stephen Lofts  2 , Iseult Lynch  5 , Socorro Vázquez-Campos  6 , Ralf Kaegi  7 , Alexander Gogos  7   8 , Christof Asbach  9 , Geert Cornelis  10 , Frank von der Kammer  11 , Nico W van den Brink  12 , Claire Mays  13 , David J Spurgeon  14
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Key principles and operational practices for improved nanotechnology environmental exposure assessment

Claus Svendsen et al. Nat Nanotechnol. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

Nanotechnology is identified as a key enabling technology due to its potential to contribute to economic growth and societal well-being across industrial sectors. Sustainable nanotechnology requires a scientifically based and proportionate risk governance structure to support innovation, including a robust framework for environmental risk assessment (ERA) that ideally builds on methods established for conventional chemicals to ensure alignment and avoid duplication. Exposure assessment developed as a tiered approach is equally beneficial to nano-specific ERA as for other classes of chemicals. Here we present the developing knowledge, practical considerations and key principles need to support exposure assessment for engineered nanomaterials for regulatory and research applications.

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