Objective: Develop a series of approaches for addressing health and environmental effects of nanomaterials.

Current activities:

• Post-Satellite to EUROTOX 2009 (together with German Society for Toxicology): Innovation through nanotechnology and nanomaterials: current aspects of safety assessment and regulation. (Dresden, April 2010)
• Task Force on Manufactured nanomaterials and OECD guidelines, in support of OECD working party on nanomaterials
• Symposium at EEMS/ICEM 2009: Nano(geno)toxicity of Nanoparticles
• Monitoring of an LRI project: Tiered approach to testing and assessment of nanomaterial safety to human health
• Monitoring of an LRI project: Towards standardised testing guidelines (reproductive toxicity) relevant to nanomaterials
• Monitoring of an LRI project: Assessment of nanoparticles specific effects in environmental toxicity testing

Recent publications and completed activities:

• Monograph 38: Toxicity of engineered nanomaterials, Report from symposium at EEMS 2007 Toxicol Lett (2009)
• Published Article: Testing strategies to establish the safety of nanomaterials: conclusions of an ECETOC workshop. Inhal Toxicol (2007)
• Workshop Report 08: Societal aspects of nanotechnology (2006)
• Workshop Report 07: Testing strategies to establish the safety of nanomaterials (2006)