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authorities, etc.) on production volumes of the three ENPs and
reported (predicted) environmental concentrations in surface
water, STP effluents, soils and sediments. The compilation of
usage scenarios were thus completed without direct data from
industry and initial fate and distribution models (local to EU
region scale) developed. The resulting predicted environmental
concentration maps are very informative albeit obviously
conservative (high estimates) due to the assumptions currently
surrounding production size and distribution.
WP 7 Dissemination and Training
The NanoFATE web site and the interlinking of this with the ebased
Newsletters has proven very successful in terms of
bringing our work to the attention of the wider stakeholder
community (see www.nanofate.eu and subscribe to the
newsletters).
In terms of direct engagement with stakeholders NanoFATE
organized with the fellow NanoSafety Cluster projects
NanoRetox and Ennsatox an EU Cluster meeting in London
aiming to link Environmental fate and Ecotoxicology aspects
within EU NanoSafety Cluster projects. Representatives from
many EU projects, industry and regulatory bodies. Additionally,
there have of course been numerous presentations of the
NanoFATE work to international conferences and workshops,
and the first peer reviewed papers are starting to come out.
In terms of training NanoFATE has an inherent large training and
capacity building element in that we directly have created 14
PhD or Post Doctoral positions across Europe. There are further
indirectly associated students and fellows working closely with
the NanoFATE partners. For the wider community the 1st
NanoFATE open PhD training workshop was held in Jan. 2011 at
UAVR (Aveiro, Portugal), brought together 60 participants (24
from NanoFATE) and representing 14 nationalities.
Impact: NanoFATE will provide robust tools, techniques and
knowledge needed by stakeholders to understand and
communicate risks associated with ENPs of different physical or
chemical properties, including their environmental interactions
and toxicity. Dissemination is done through a wealth of channels
and activities, but centred around interactive e-Newsletters and
the project website www.nanofate.eu.
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