Scientific Basis for Regulatory Decision-Making of Nanomaterials Report on the Workshop, 20–21 January 2014, Center of Applied Ecotoxicology, Dübendorf
Christoph Studer,
Peter Wick,
Etienne Vermeissen,
Gregor Schneider,
Kristin Schirmer,
Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser,
Bernd Nowack,
Andrej Kobe,
Robert Kase,
Ralf Kägi,
Jörg Huwyler,
Peter Hoet,
Natalie von Goetz,
Bojan Gasic,
Lothar Aicher,
Tobias Walser
Affiliations
Christoph Studer
Federal Office of Public Health FOPH, Bern, Switzerland
Peter Wick
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Etienne Vermeissen
Ecotox Centre, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Gregor Schneider
RAS Materials, Regensburg, Germany
Kristin Schirmer
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser
Adolphe Merkle Institute, Fribourg, Switzerland
Bernd Nowack
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Andrej Kobe
European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Robert Kase
Ecotox Centre, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Ralf Kägi
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland
Jörg Huwyler
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Peter Hoet
University of Leuven, Leuven, Netherlands
Natalie von Goetz
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland
Bojan Gasic
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs Seco, Bern, Switzerland
Lothar Aicher
Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology, University of Basel, Switzerland
Tobias Walser
Federal Office of Public Health FOPH, Bern, Switzerland. [email protected]
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.
