Compendium of Safety Regulatory for Safe Applications of Aerogels
Antonella Caterina Boccia,
Alfio Pulvirenti,
Carlos A. García-González,
Fabia Grisi,
Monica Neagu
Affiliations
Antonella Caterina Boccia
CNR National Research Council, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche-SCITEC “G. Natta”, Via A. Corti, 12, 20133 Milan, Italy
Alfio Pulvirenti
CNR National Research Council, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche-SCITEC “G. Natta”, Via A. Corti, 12, 20133 Milan, Italy
Carlos A. García-González
AerogelsLab, I+D Farma Group (GI 1645), Departament of Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, iMATUS and Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Fabia Grisi
Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia “A. Zambelli”, and INSTM Research Unit, Università di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
Monica Neagu
Victor Babes National Institute of Pathology, 050096 Bucharest, Romania
An increasing number of aerogels as nanostructured highly porous materials are entering the market in every day products, with an attractive portfolio of properties for emerging applications ranging from health care and leisure to electronics, cosmetics, energy, agriculture, food and environmental. However, the novelty in properties and forms of aerogels makes the development of a legislative framework particularly challenging for ensuring the safe development and use of nano-enabled products. The presented safety regulatory Compendium intends to share knowledge with the international aerogels community, as well as end-users and stakeholders, on the regulatory and safe handling procedures, as best safety practices, to be followed during the production process, handling, transport and end-use of aerogel-based formulations to mitigate human and environmental risks considering lack of data availability for this purpose in general.
