Designing a sustainable European centre for risk management and safe innovation in nanomaterials & nanotechnologies (EC4SafeNano)

A central challenge to ensure the sustainable production and use of nanotechnologies is to understand the risks for environment, health and safety associated with this technology and resulting materials and products, and to identify and implement practical strategies to minimize these risks. Knowledge about nanotechnology-enabled processes and products and related environment, health and safety issues is growing rapidly, achieved through...