Developing Methods to Measure Release of Nanomaterials From Solid Matrices
There is tremendous potential for nanotechnologies to create new materials and devices for use in medicine, electronics, energy production, cosmetics, packaging, food manufacturing, and many other fields. Governments and industry around the globe are investing billions into research to understand the possibilities and limits of these newer technologies.
PURPOSE
The NanoRelease project will foster the safe development of nanomaterials by supporting development of methods to understand the release of nanomaterials used in products.
OBJECTIVES
- Provide focus to broad policy debates by working through scenarios under which specific engineered nanomaterials might be released from products;
- Examine the full life cycle of products that might act to release nanomaterials;
- Catalogue and disseminate published and unpublished data and methods (that meet minimum criteria) used to evaluate release scenarios;
- Develop “state of the science” reports about release measurement for the specific material types chosen that describe what is known and what research gaps exist; and
- Enable improvements, standardization, and widespread use of methods by carrying out tests using reference nanomaterial-matrix and positive controls in a “round robin” or similar approach.
LEADERSHIP
WORK PLAN
The project consists of three phases with the following ultimate goals:
- Phase 1: Nanomaterial Selection—list of priority nanomaterials and initial study material
- Phase 2: Methods Evaluation—set of methods and state-of-science document
- Phase 3: Interlaboratory Studies—methods refinement for documentary standards development
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Fonte: ILSI
