
What We Know About the Safety of CNs
Risk Assessments
Resources on this page describe (1) risk assessment strategies for evaluating the safety of cellulose nanomaterials and (2) outcomes from such assessments.
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Resources
- Health/safety characterization methods, in vitro, in vivo. A review of cellulose nanomaterial characterization that includes a section on characterization for environmental health and safety evaluation. [(Shatkin, Ong, and Clift, 2018) in Foster et al., 2018]
- Establishing the safety of novel bio-based cellulose nanomaterials for commercialization. An industrially relevant testing strategy for novel cellulose nanomaterials, including a safety evaluation of lignin-coated cellulose nanomaterials. [Ong et al., 2017]
- Environmental Health and Safety of Cellulose Nanomaterials and Composites. A book chapter that assesses information in a life-cycle risk analysis of cellulose nanomaterials and presents an HSE roadmap that prioritizes data gaps, linking research and testing needs to safety and sustainability demonstration. [Shatkin and Kim, 2017]
- Cellulose Nanomaterials: Life Cycle Risk Assessment, and Environmental Health and Safety Roadmap. A pre-commercial screening of selected applications of CNs to identify and assess potential risks from occupational, consumer and environmental exposures throughout the product life cycle. [Shatkin and Kim, 2015]
- NANO LCRA: Nano Life Cycle Risk Assessment Framework. A risk assessment framework developed specifically for nanomaterials that adopts life cycle thinking into risk analysis. [Shatkin, 2012]