ABOUT THE OECD
FOREWORD
OECD’S PROGRAMME ON THE SAFETY OF MANUFACTURED NANOMATERIALS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
RISK ASSESSMENT OF MANUFACTURED NANOMATERIALS: IMPORTANT ISSUES
1. General Introduction
2. Background
2.a. Health / Environmental Risk Assessment Framework
2.b. Approaches to Chemicals’ Risk Assessment and Regulation across OECD Countries
2.c. Occupational Exposure Assessments
2.d. Approaches to Risk Assessment of Particulates
2.e. Current Case Studies on Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials: Carbon Nanotubes
3. Risk Assessment of Nanomaterials: Important Issues
3.a. Problem Formulation
3.b. Hazard Identification
3.c. Hazard Assessment
3.d. Issues Relating to Exposure
3.e. Risk Characterisation (Assessment)
3.f. Relationship of Risk Assessment to Risk Management
4. Risk Assessment of Nanomaterials: Strategies and Approaches
4.a. Considerations Regarding the Information for Use in a Nanomaterial Risk Assessment
4.b. Information for Use in a Risk Assessment
4.c. Risk Characterisation
4.d. Risk Assessment Strategies
5. Research Needs to Address Risk Assessment Issues
5.a. Exposure: Public, Occupation and Environment Research Needs
5.b. Human Health Effect Research Needs
5.c. Ecological Effect Research Needs
5.d. Persistence, Bioaccumulation, Fate and Distribution
5.e. General Risk Assessment Research Needs
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