The SCCP has recently produced an opinion on the subject. It believes that the new methods to assess the potential risk of nanomaterilas in cosmetics might be necessary given that traditional methods like hazard identification, hazard characterization and exposure assessment of nanoparticles in cosmetics should be carried out on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the specific physical, chemical and surface area characteristics of nanomaterials.
The opinion was published on 19 June and now, respondents are invited to feed their comments on the SCCP opinion into an online questionnaire. The consultation will close on 6 September 2007.
The consultation website is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/committees/04_sccp/sccp_cons_04_en.htm
The SCCP's preliminary opinion is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/committees/04_sccp/docs/sccp_o_099.pdf
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