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Regulatory landscape of nanotechnology and nanoplastics from a global perspective
Nanotechnology and more particularly nanotechnology-based products and materials have provided a huge potential for novel solutions to many of the current challenges society is facing. However, nanotechnology is also an area of product innovation that is sometimes developing faster than regulatory f...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8121750/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33617940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2021.104885 |
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author | Allan, Jacqueline Belz, Susanne Hoeveler, Arnd Hugas, Marta Okuda, Haruhiro Patri, Anil Rauscher, Hubert Silva, Primal Slikker, William Sokull-Kluettgen, Birgit Tong, Weida Anklam, Elke |
author_facet | Allan, Jacqueline Belz, Susanne Hoeveler, Arnd Hugas, Marta Okuda, Haruhiro Patri, Anil Rauscher, Hubert Silva, Primal Slikker, William Sokull-Kluettgen, Birgit Tong, Weida Anklam, Elke |
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description | Nanotechnology and more particularly nanotechnology-based products and materials have provided a huge potential for novel solutions to many of the current challenges society is facing. However, nanotechnology is also an area of product innovation that is sometimes developing faster than regulatory frameworks. This is due to the high complexity of some nanomaterials, the lack of a globally harmonised regulatory definition and the different scopes of regulation at a global level. Research organisations and regulatory bodies have spent many efforts in the last two decades to cope with these challenges. Although there has been a significant advancement related to analytical approaches for labelling purposes as well as to the development of suitable test guidelines for nanomaterials and their safety assessment, there is a still a need for greater global collaboration and consensus in the regulatory field. Furthermore, with growing societal concerns on plastic litter and tiny debris produced by degradation of littered plastic objects, the impact of micro- and nanoplastics on humans and the environment is an emerging issue. Despite increasing research and initial regulatory discussions on micro- and nanoplastics, there are still knowledge gaps and thus an urgent need for action. As nanoplastics can be classified as a specific type of incidental nanomaterials, current and future scientific investigations should take into account the existing profound knowledge on nanotechnology/nanomaterials when discussing issues around nanoplastics. This review was conceived at the 2019 Global Summit on Regulatory Sciences that took place in Stresa, Italy, on 24–26 September 2019 (GSRS 2019) and which was co-organised by the Global Coalition for Regulatory Science Research (GCRSR) and the European Commission's (EC) Joint Research Centre (JRC). The GCRSR consists of regulatory bodies from various countries around the globe including EU bodies. The 2019 Global Summit provided an excellent platform to exchange the latest information on activities carried out by regulatory bodies with a focus on the application of nanotechnology in the agriculture/food sector, on nanoplastics and on nanomedicines, including taking stock and promoting further collaboration. Recently, the topic of micro- and nanoplastics has become a new focus of the GCRSR. Besides discussing the challenges and needs, some future directions on how new tools and methodologies can improve the regulatory science were elaborated by summarising a significant portion of discussions during the summit. It has been revealed that there are still some uncertainties and knowledge gaps with regard to physicochemical properties, environmental behaviour and toxicological effects, especially as testing described in the dossiers is often done early in the product development process, and the material in the final product may behave differently. The harmonisation of methodologies for quantification and risk assessment of nanomaterials and micro/nanoplastics, the documentation of regulatory science studies and the need for sharing databases were highlighted as important aspects to look at. |
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spelling | pubmed-81217502021-06-01 Regulatory landscape of nanotechnology and nanoplastics from a global perspective Allan, Jacqueline Belz, Susanne Hoeveler, Arnd Hugas, Marta Okuda, Haruhiro Patri, Anil Rauscher, Hubert Silva, Primal Slikker, William Sokull-Kluettgen, Birgit Tong, Weida Anklam, Elke Regul Toxicol Pharmacol Workshop Report Nanotechnology and more particularly nanotechnology-based products and materials have provided a huge potential for novel solutions to many of the current challenges society is facing. However, nanotechnology is also an area of product innovation that is sometimes developing faster than regulatory frameworks. This is due to the high complexity of some nanomaterials, the lack of a globally harmonised regulatory definition and the different scopes of regulation at a global level. Research organisations and regulatory bodies have spent many efforts in the last two decades to cope with these challenges. Although there has been a significant advancement related to analytical approaches for labelling purposes as well as to the development of suitable test guidelines for nanomaterials and their safety assessment, there is a still a need for greater global collaboration and consensus in the regulatory field. Furthermore, with growing societal concerns on plastic litter and tiny debris produced by degradation of littered plastic objects, the impact of micro- and nanoplastics on humans and the environment is an emerging issue. Despite increasing research and initial regulatory discussions on micro- and nanoplastics, there are still knowledge gaps and thus an urgent need for action. As nanoplastics can be classified as a specific type of incidental nanomaterials, current and future scientific investigations should take into account the existing profound knowledge on nanotechnology/nanomaterials when discussing issues around nanoplastics. This review was conceived at the 2019 Global Summit on Regulatory Sciences that took place in Stresa, Italy, on 24–26 September 2019 (GSRS 2019) and which was co-organised by the Global Coalition for Regulatory Science Research (GCRSR) and the European Commission's (EC) Joint Research Centre (JRC). The GCRSR consists of regulatory bodies from various countries around the globe including EU bodies. The 2019 Global Summit provided an excellent platform to exchange the latest information on activities carried out by regulatory bodies with a focus on the application of nanotechnology in the agriculture/food sector, on nanoplastics and on nanomedicines, including taking stock and promoting further collaboration. Recently, the topic of micro- and nanoplastics has become a new focus of the GCRSR. Besides discussing the challenges and needs, some future directions on how new tools and methodologies can improve the regulatory science were elaborated by summarising a significant portion of discussions during the summit. It has been revealed that there are still some uncertainties and knowledge gaps with regard to physicochemical properties, environmental behaviour and toxicological effects, especially as testing described in the dossiers is often done early in the product development process, and the material in the final product may behave differently. The harmonisation of methodologies for quantification and risk assessment of nanomaterials and micro/nanoplastics, the documentation of regulatory science studies and the need for sharing databases were highlighted as important aspects to look at. Elsevier 2021-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8121750/ /pubmed/33617940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2021.104885 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Workshop Report Allan, Jacqueline Belz, Susanne Hoeveler, Arnd Hugas, Marta Okuda, Haruhiro Patri, Anil Rauscher, Hubert Silva, Primal Slikker, William Sokull-Kluettgen, Birgit Tong, Weida Anklam, Elke Regulatory landscape of nanotechnology and nanoplastics from a global perspective |
title | Regulatory landscape of nanotechnology and nanoplastics from a global perspective |
title_full | Regulatory landscape of nanotechnology and nanoplastics from a global perspective |
title_fullStr | Regulatory landscape of nanotechnology and nanoplastics from a global perspective |
title_full_unstemmed | Regulatory landscape of nanotechnology and nanoplastics from a global perspective |
title_short | Regulatory landscape of nanotechnology and nanoplastics from a global perspective |
title_sort | regulatory landscape of nanotechnology and nanoplastics from a global perspective |
topic | Workshop Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8121750/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33617940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yrtph.2021.104885 |
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