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  • To conduct a nanomaterial life-cycle risk assessment (Nano LCRA) for functionalized CNs.
  • To identify and prioritize occupational, health, consumer, and environmental risks.
  • To evaluate risks in applications like water filtration, food packaging, and food additives.

Main Methods:

  • Developed and ranked exposure scenarios for each product life-cycle stage.
  • Utilized a Safer-by-Design Toolbox (SbD Toolbox) with new approach methodologies (NAMs) for hazard assessment.
  • Grouped and applied read-across principles for materials with similar properties.

Main Results:

  • Overall risks associated with CN-enabled products were found to be low.
  • Occupational inhalation exposures during manufacturing and application were identified as the highest risk scenarios.
  • CNs demonstrated similar behavior in oral, dermal, and inhalation models, supporting grouping and read-across.

Conclusions:

  • Functionalized CNs generally pose low risks, but occupational inhalation requires attention.
  • CNs may act as poorly soluble, low-toxicity dusts, potentially causing lung irritation.
  • Further research is needed on long-term, low-dose exposures and the toxicity of CN-containing composites.