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Report of the OECD Workshop on Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials in a Regulatory Context, which was held on 16
The overall objectives of this project are to evaluate risk assessment approaches for manufactured nanomaterials through information exchange and to identify opportunities to strengthen and enhance risk assessment capacity. This project is led by the steering group 6 (SG6) which will serve to integrate outputs
from other WPMN steering groups into an overall framework within which risks of manufactured nanomaterials are assessed, ensuring good practice across OECD.
There are three detailed objectives with this project:
• Consider risk assessment strategies, methodologies, and supporting tools that offer the potential to underpin risk assessment.
• Identify and consider any unique issues that manufactured nanomaterials present for risk assessment.
• Make recommendations to WPMN for addressing and filling identified gaps.
These recommendations will also consider the need for provision of guidance on key issues that should be considered when undertaking risk assessments for manufactured nanomaterials as well as development of empirical evidence to support this guidance.
This document is the report of the OECD Workshop on Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials in a Regulatory Context, which was held on 16-18 September 2009, in Washington D.C.,
United States. This report includes a summary conclusion of the discussion as well as the presentations that were given.
More information about the work of the WPMN, as well as publications and updates on efforts of
governments and other stakeholders to address safety issues of nanomaterials is available at
http://www.oecd.org/env/nanosafety.
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