The appropriateness of existing methodologies to assess the potential risks associated with engineered and adventitious products of nanotechnologies
- Resource Type
- Document
- Resource Owner
- International
- Description
- Existing risk assessment methods for nanotechnology are partially appropriate but insufficient, requiring significant modification or new tools to address unique properties like size, surface area, and behavior in biological systems, with major knowledge gaps remaining in characterization, exposure measurement (especially in the environment), and understanding dose-response and long-term effects, necessitating international efforts to develop harmonized, nano-specific guidelines. SCENIHR (2006) Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR modified Opinion (After Public Consultation) on the Appropriateness of Existing Methodologies to Assess the Potential Risks Associated with Engineered and Adventitious Products of Nanotechnologies. 002/05. European Commission Health & Consumer Protection Directorate-General. Available: https://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/committees/04_scenihr/docs/scenihr_o_003b.pdf [accessed January 21, 2026].
- URL
- https://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/opinions_layman/en/nanotechnologies/about-nanotechnologies.htm#6
- Year
- 2006
- Technical Areas
- Emerging Topics
- Target Audiences
- General Public
- Search Terms
- nanoparticle risk assessment, nanotoxicology, exposure assessment, physical-chemical properties, in vitro/in vivo testing, environmental fate, regulatory guidance for nanomaterials, safe and sustainable by design (SSbD)
