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Australia Announces New Guidance on the Safe Handling and Use of Carbon Nanotubes

Lynn L. Bergeson
March 12, 2012 22:13

On March 5, 2012, Safe Work Australia announced the release of an information sheet on the safe handling and use of carbon nanotubes in the workplace and a document entitled Safe Handling and Use of Carbon Nanotubes. The information sheet provides an overview of risk management for carbon...

Wisconsin Bill Would Create Nanotechnology Information Hub and Nanotechnology Council

Lynn L. Bergeson
March 08, 2012 23:10

S.B. 533, which was prepared for the Joint Legislative Council’s Special Committee on Nanotechnology, was introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on February 29, 2012, by the Joint Legislative Council.  The bill directs the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents to maintain a...

CoRAP Notes Nano Concerns for Two Substances

Lynn L. Bergeson
March 01, 2012 23:37

On February 29, 2012, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced the first Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP), which includes 90 substances that Member States will evaluate under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) substance evaluation...

NIOSH Sponsoring Workshop on Safe Nano Design

Lynn L. Bergeson
February 29, 2012 20:42

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Prevention through Design Program and Nanotechnology Research Center will hold an August 14-16, 2012, workshop entitled “Safe Nano Design: Molecule » Manufacturing » Market.” NIOSH states that...

WHO Background Document on Guidelines on Protecting Workers from Manufactured Nanomaterials Available for Comment

Lynn L. Bergeson
February 24, 2012 22:53

The World Health Organization (WHO) released a draft background document proposing content and focus for Guidelines on “Protecting Workers from Potential Risks of Manufactured Nanomaterials.” According to WHO, the Guidelines will aim to facilitate improvements in occupational...

Presidential Memorandum Calls for Increased Federal Procurement of Biobased Products

Lynn L. Bergeson
February 23, 2012 23:14

President Obama signed a February 21, 2012, memorandum entitled “Driving Innovation and Creating Jobs in Rural America through Biobased and Sustainable Product Procurement.” The BioPreferred Program, which was established by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002...

ECHA Announces Plans to Update Guidance for Registration of Nanoform Substances

Lynn L. Bergeson
February 22, 2012 22:15

On February 22, 2012, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) issued a press release announcing that it is currently preparing an update of its Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety Assessment (IR & CSA) based on the European Commission’s Registration, Evaluation,...

Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies Identifies Top Technology Trends

Lynn L. Bergeson
February 21, 2012 23:47

During the Summit on the Global Agenda 2011, the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies asked members to identify the technology trends that would have the greatest global impact. The trends, which were presented in order of greatest potential to provide...

EPA Regulatory Agenda Includes Notices Concerning Nanoscale Materials

Lynn L. Bergeson
February 18, 2012 00:21

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in a February 13, 2012, Federal Register notice the availability of its Fall 2011 Regulatory Agenda. EPA’s Regulatory Agenda includes several notices concerning nanoscale materials: Test Rule for Certain Nanoscale Materials --...

EPA Administrator Jackson Will Tour UCLA Lab Receiving Funding for Nanotechnology

Lynn L. Bergeson
February 16, 2012 22:03

On February 17, 2012, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson will tour the Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEIN) at the University of California, Los Angeles. CEIN has been awarded a $24 million grant from EPA and the National Science...