Objective
The main objective of GUIDEnano is to develop innovative methodologies to evaluate and manage human and environmental health risks of nano-enabled products, considering the whole product life cycle. A strategy to identify hot spots for release of nanomaterials (NMs) will be followed by decision trees to guide on the use of (computational) exposure models and, when necessary, design of cost-effective strategies for experimental exposure assessment. These will include on-site and off-site monitoring of industrial processes, use, accelerated aging, recycling and disposal set-ups. In all cases, there will be a strong emphasis on the transformation of NMs. Similarly, a tiered strategy to evaluate the environmental fate and the hazards for ecosystem and human health of NMs will be developed. The project will consider pristine synthesized NMs, transformed NMs released during the life cycle of the product, and interactions of the NMs with other substances in their host matrices and ubiquitous pollutants. The project will also develop innovative solutions to reduce identified risks. These will include safer-by-design approaches (to reduce NM hazard, reduce migration and release, or accelerate degradation when released), new technological solutions for exposure control measures, and solutions for waste minimization and treatment.
These developments will be incorporated into an web-based Guidance Tool, which will guide the nano-enabled product developers (industry) into the design and application of the most appropriate risk assessment & mitigation strategy for a specific product. The correct implementation of this guidance will ensure that the risks associated to a nano-enabled product, throughout its whole life cycle, have been appropriately evaluated and mitigated to an acceptable level. This methodology will set up the basis for the certification (by an independent third party), as a risk communication tool addressed to regulators, insurance companies, and the society.
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Call for proposal
FP7-NMP-2013-LARGE-7
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CP-IP - Large-scale integrating projectCoordinator
08225 Terrassa
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Participants (32)
12110 Alcora Castellon
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12489 Berlin
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114 86 Stockholm
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21040 Vedano Olona
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544 01 Dvur Kralove Nad Labem
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17001 Girona
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46117 Liberec
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30175 VENEZIA
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75015 PARIS 15
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405 30 Goeteborg
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1049 001 Lisboa
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EH14 4AP Edinburgh
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2595 DA Den Haag
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46980 Paterna
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08193 Cerdanyola Del Valles
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1091 EC AMSTERDAM
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3584 CS Utrecht
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3721 MA Bilthoven
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00250 Helsinki
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751 05 Uppsala
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SN2 1EU SWINDON WILTSHIRE
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28040 MADRID
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EX4 4QJ Exeter
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93420 VILLEPINTE
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10787 Berlin
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8071 CM NUNSPEET
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2629 HD Delft
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08213 Polinya Barcelona
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EC2A 4ES London
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75238 Paris
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08035 Barcelona
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750 07 Uppsala
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