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Nanotechnology
and
Nanomaterials
Work of the OECD
Working Party on
Nanotechnology
Focus of work
Socio-economic analysis of nanotechnology and the facilitation
of international collaboration in R&D and S&T policies
• Project A: Statistics and Measurement
Project B: Nanotechnology Impacts on Companies and
Implications for the Business Environment
Project C: International R&D collaboration
Project D: Communication and public engagement
Project E: Policy Dialogue
Project F: Global Challenges: Nano and Water
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Nanotechnologies at OECD
OECD has TWO Committees addressing Nano
Committee on Scientific
And Technological Policy
(CSTP)
Working Party on
Nanotechnology (WPN)
Focus of work
Socio-economic analysis of
nanotechnology and the
facilitation of international
collaboration in R&D and
science & technology policies
Chemicals Committee (CC)
Working Party on Manufactured
Nanomaterials
(WPMN)
Focus of work
Human health and
environmental safety implications
of manufactured nanomaterials
(mainly the chemicals sector)
Working Party on
Manufactured Nanomaterials
Focus of work
Human health and environmental safety implications of
manufactured nanomaterials (mainly the chemicals
sector)
Project 1: Database on Human
Health and Environmental Safety
Research
Project 2: Research Strategy(ies)
on Human Health and
Environmental Safety Research
Project 3: Testing a
Representative Set of
Nanomaterials
Project 4: Manufactured
Nanomaterials and Test
Guidelines
Project 5: Co-operation on
Voluntary Schemes and
Regulatory Programmes
Project 6: Co-operation on Risk
Assessment:
Project 7: The Role of Alternative
Methods in Nanotoxicology
Project 8: Exposure Measurement
and Exposure Mitigation
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