This section is divided into two chapters: “Nanoparticles” and “Poles of Excellence”.
It is crucial to find out what information is needed and how it should be organised and managed, including cooperation at the international level, in order to benefit mutually from common approaches to risk assessment and from the establishment of dedicated databases to share toxicological and ecotoxicological as well as epidemiological data.
In the first chapter you can find information about the connection between physical and chemical properties of nanoparticles and their toxicological, ecotoxicological and epidemiological characteristics as well as ways of exposure and bioaccumulation. We will try to find answers to such questions as this one: “Is the toxicity of nanoparticles related to surface area more than mass?”.
“Poles of Excellence” chapter includes information about the cooperation on national and transnational level and integration of resources across universities, R&D organisations and industry.
There is a sound need for interdisciplinary approach during the creation of networks between the existing centres dealing with risk assessment issues. |
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