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Nanomaterial Categorization for Assessing Risk Potential to Faciliate Regulatory Decision-Making
Citation:
Godwin, H., C. Nameth, D. Avery, L. Bergeson, D. Bernard, E. Beryt, W. Boyes, S. Brown, A. Clippinger, Y. Cohen, C. Olgilvie Hendren, P. Holden, K. Houck, A. Kane, F. Klaessig, T. Kodas, R. Landsiedel, I. Lynch, T. Malloy, M. Miller, J. Mueller, G. Oberdorester, R. Pleus, P. Sayre, V. Stone, K. Sullivan, J. Tentschert, P. Wallis, AND A. Nel. Nanomaterial Categorization for Assessing Risk Potential to Faciliate Regulatory Decision-Making. ACS Nano. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 9(4):3409-3417, (2015).
Impact/Purpose:
The title has been modified from "A Perspective on the use of nanomaterial categorization for risk assessment and regulatory decision-making" to the title above.
Description:
For nanotechnology to meet its potential as a game-changing and sustainable technology, it is important to ensure that the engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) and nano-enabled products that gain entry to the marketplace are safe and effective. Tools and methods are needed for regulatory purposes to allow rapid material categorization according to human health and environmental risk potential, so that materials of high concern can be targeted for additional scrutiny, while material categories that pose the least risk can receive expedited review. Using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as anexample, we discuss how data from alternative testing strategies (ATS) could be used to facilitate ENM categorization according to risk potential, and how such an approach could facilitate regulatory decision making in the future.
