Scientific Basis for Regulatory Decision-Making of Nanomaterials Report on the Workshop, 20-21 January 2014, Center of Applied Ecotoxicology, Dübendorf.
The key findings of a workshop jointly organized by the Swiss Centre of Applied Ecotoxicity, the Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology (SCAHT), and the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) are summarized and provide a critical analysis of the current regulatory framework for nanomaterials and a snapshot of some hot topics in nanoscience.
Federal Office of Public Health FOPH, Bern, Switzerland.
Christoph
C
Studer
Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology, University of Basel, Switzerland.
Lothar
L
Aicher
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs Seco, Bern, Switzerland.
Bojan
B
Gasic
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland.
Natalie
N
von Goetz
University of Leuven, Leuven, Netherlands.
Peter
P
Hoet
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Jörg
J
Huwyler
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
Ralf
R
Kägi
Ecotox Centre, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
Robert
R
Kase
European Commission, Brussels, Belgium.
Andrej
A
Kobe
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Bernd
B
Nowack
Adolphe Merkle Institute, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Barbara
B
Rothen-Rutishauser
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
Kristin
K
Schirmer
RAS Materials, Regensburg, Germany.
Gregor
G
Schneider
Ecotox Centre, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
Etienne
E
Vermeissen
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Peter
P
Wick
Federal Office of Public Health FOPH, Bern, Switzerland. tobias.walser@bag.admin.ch.
Tobias
T
Walser