Addressing the Risks of Nanomaterials under United States and European Union Regulatory Frameworks for Chemicals

Breggin, Linda K.; Falkner, Robert; Pendergrass, J.H.; Porter, Read; Jaspers, Nico

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“…The rapid growth of utilization of ENP in commercial products has triggered concerns on the health and safety, environmental, ethical, policy, and regulatory aspects. These concerns were expressed early on, in the review by the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2004 [ 8 ], and subsequently in many related articles [ 2 , 11 , 12 , 13 ]. Consideration of the application patterns suggests that ENP present in a bonded, fixed, or embedded form may not pose a risk to consumers’ health or to the environment during their life cycles.…”

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Inventory of Engineered Nanoparticle-Containing Consumer Products Available in the Singapore Retail Market and Likelihood of Release into the Aquatic Environment

Zhang¹,

Leu²,

Aitken³

et al. 2015

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Consumer products containing engineered nanoparticles (ENP) are already entering the marketplace. This leads, inter alia, to questions about the potential for release of ENP into the environment from commercial products. We have inventoried the prevalence of ENP-containing consumer products in the Singapore market by carrying out onsite assessments of products sold in all major chains of retail and cosmetic stores. We have assessed their usage patterns and estimated release factors and emission quantities to obtain a better understanding of the quantities of ENP that are released into which compartments of the aquatic environment in Singapore. Products investigated were assessed for their likelihood to contain ENP based on the declaration of ENP by producers, feature descriptions, and the information on particle size from the literature. Among the 1,432 products investigated, 138 were “confirmed” and 293 were “likely” to contain ENP. Product categories included sunscreens, cosmetics, health and fitness, automotive, food, home and garden, clothing and footwear, and eyeglass/lens coatings. Among the 27 different types of nanomaterials identified, SiO2 was predominant, followed by TiO2 and ZnO, Carbon Black, Ag, and Au. The amounts of ENP released into the aquatic system, which was estimated on the basis of typical product use, ENP concentration in the product, daily use quantity, release factor, and market share, were in the range of several hundred tons per year. As these quantities are likely to increase, it will be important to further study the fate of ENP that reach the aquatic environment in Singapore.

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Inventory of Engineered Nanoparticle-Containing Consumer Products Available in the Singapore Retail Market and Likelihood of Release into the Aquatic Environment

Zhang¹,

Leu²,

Aitken³

et al. 2015

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“…The current regulatory approach for ENMs have been widely discussed in several reviews [9][10][11]. Among them, Aschberger et al [6] performed a deep review of EU and non-EU legislation (to which the reader is refereed to gain inside into this topic) showing that the EU has incorporated in legislation for agri/feed/food nanospecific provisions while non-EU countries have mostly introduced non-mandatory frameworks.…”

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Challenges in the determination of engineered nanomaterials in foods

Picó

2016

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry

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Managing Future Disasters: Japan’s Energy Security and Nanotechnology Regulation

Nasu

2013

Asia-Pacific Disaster Management

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Addressing the Risks of Nanomaterials under United States and European Union Regulatory Frameworks for Chemicals

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Inventory of Engineered Nanoparticle-Containing Consumer Products Available in the Singapore Retail Market and Likelihood of Release into the Aquatic Environment

Inventory of Engineered Nanoparticle-Containing Consumer Products Available in the Singapore Retail Market and Likelihood of Release into the Aquatic Environment

Challenges in the determination of engineered nanomaterials in foods

Managing Future Disasters: Japan’s Energy Security and Nanotechnology Regulation

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