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Safety-by-design and engineered nanomaterials: the need to move from theory to practice

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  • Benjamin D. Trump

    (US Army Engineer Research and Development Center
    Factor Social Lda.)

  • Dalila Antunes

    (Factor Social Lda.)

  • José Palma-Oliveira

    (Factor Social Lda.
    Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa)

  • Andrew Nelson

    (University of Leeds)

  • Alexandra Misci Hudecova

    (The Climate and Environment Institute NILU)

  • Elise Rundén-Pran

    (The Climate and Environment Institute NILU)

  • Maria Dusinska

    (The Climate and Environment Institute NILU)

  • Ignasi Gispert

    (Applied Nanoparticles SL.)

  • Susanne Resch

    (BioNanoNet Forschungsgesellschaft mbH)

  • Beatriz Alfaro-Serrano

    (BioNanoNet Forschungsgesellschaft mbH)

  • Antreas Afantitis

    (NovaMechanics)

  • Georgia Melagraki

    (Hellenic Military Academy)

  • Edmund C. M. Tse

    (The University of Hong Kong)

  • Josh Trump

    (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

  • Yvonne Kohl

    (Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT)

  • Igor Linkov

    (US Army Engineer Research and Development Center
    Factor Social Lda.)

Abstract

As the governance of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) evolves, innovations in the prevention, mitigation, management, and transfer of risk shape discussion of how nanotechnology may mature and reach various marketplaces. Safety-by-Design (SbD) is one leading concept that, while equally philosophy as well as risk-based practice, can uniquely help address lingering uncertainties and concerns stemming from regulatory evaluation of ENM risk across worker, consumer, and environmental safety. This paper provides a discussion on the SbD concept across different disciplines aiming to identify different approaches and needs to meet regulatory requirements—ultimately, we argue that SbD is evolving both to meet the needs and discourse of various disciplines, and to apply within differing marketplaces and national regulatory structures. Understanding how SbD has evolved within ENM can yield a more practical application and development of SbD, and help guide or unify national and international ENM governance around a core set of safety-driven principles.

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  • Benjamin D. Trump & Dalila Antunes & José Palma-Oliveira & Andrew Nelson & Alexandra Misci Hudecova & Elise Rundén-Pran & Maria Dusinska & Ignasi Gispert & Susanne Resch & Beatriz Alfaro-Serrano & Ant, 2024. "Safety-by-design and engineered nanomaterials: the need to move from theory to practice," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 44(1), pages 177-188, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envsyd:v:44:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1007_s10669-023-09927-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s10669-023-09927-w
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