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Published on: November 22, 2016
Risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials: a review of available data and approaches from a regulatory perspective
Danail R Hristozov1, Stefania Gottardo, Andrea Critto
1Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca' Foscari Venice, Venice, Italy.
Abstract:
It has been largely recognised that substantial limitations and uncertainties make the conventional risk assessment (RA) of chemicals unfeasible to apply to engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) today, which leaves the regulators with little support in the near term. The aim of this paper is to discuss the state of the art in the area of the RA of nanomaterials, focusing on the available data and approaches. There is a paucity of reliable information in the online safety databases and the literature is dominated by (eco)toxicity studies, while the nano-exposure research lags behind. Most of the reviewed nano-RA approaches are designed to serve as preliminary risk screening and/or research prioritisation tools and are not intended to support regulatory decision making. In this context, we recommend to further study the possibilities to apply complementary/alternative tools for near-term RA of ENMs in order to facilitate their timely regulation, using the data that are currently available in the literature.
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