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OECD establishes nanomaterials working party

The OECD Council agreed to the establishment of the Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials, as a subsidiary body of the Chemicals Committee on Thursday, 14 September.


This working party is established to address human health and environmental safety aspects of manufactured nanomaterials, in the chemicals sector. The 1st Meeting of the Working Party will be held  26-27 October in London, UK. The main objective of this meeting is to agree a draft Programme of Work on the safety of manufactured nanomaterials, 2006-2008, to be forwarded to the Chemicals Committee.

Related document: The Report of the OECD Workshop on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials: Building Co-operation, Co-ordination and Communication, 7-9 December 2005

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)



 

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