Just Released: Review of Health and Environmental Safety of Engineered Nanoparticles by International Research Team - Europe

This report presents a comprehensive and critical scientific review of the health and environmnental safety of four classes of nanomaterials: fullerenes, carbon nanotubes (CNT), metals and metal oxides. The review considers sources, pathways of exposure, the health and environmental outcomes of concern, followed by a risk assessment based upon this information. The report includes an illustration of the state-of-the-art as well as on-going work, while identifying knowledge gaps in the field. Prioritised recommendations have been developed and set in the context of informing policymakers in the development of methods to address exposure as it relates to the potential hazards posed by engineered nanoparticles, and in the development of appropriate regulation.

The report is the result of an international collaborative review involving researchers from Edinburgh Napier University (ENU), the Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM), the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), the Institute for Health and Consumer Portection of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), and the Institute of Nanotechnology (ION).