OECD publishes new data on 11 nanomaterials
The OECD`s Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials has started the publication of new data on 11 nanomaterials:
– Fullerenes;
– single-walled carbon nanotubes;
– multi-walled carbon nanotubes;
– silver;
– gold;
– dendrimers;
– silicon dioxide (six different forms);
– nanoclays;
– titanium dioxide (six different forms);
– cerium dioxide; and
– zinc oxide.
The new information is the outcome of an experimental programme where 11 commercially viable nanomaterials have been used to generate results from 780 studies relating to their intrinsic properties. Issue they investigated included environmental fate, toxicological and eco-toxicological effects, environmental toxicology, mammalian toxicology and material safety.
