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CIEL and the European Environmental Bureau lead international NGO coalition to define nanomaterials
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(Nanowerk News) The Center for International Environmental Law and the European Environmental Bureau submitted proposals today to the European Commission for a definition of the term "nanomaterials." Supported by over 40 organizations from 22 countries on five continents, CIEL and EEB prepared their proposal as part of a public consultation on the European Commission's draft definition.
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The NGO proposal welcomes the Commission's broad definition while warning against a narrowing of the scope in the final decision.
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The adoption of a definition will enable long awaited regulatory activities to start catching up with market development, by inserting nano specific provision in the EU legal framework.
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The proposal also calls for prompt analysis to ensure that the definition includes materials that are already of concern, while avoiding materials that are unlikely to warrant additional scrutiny.
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For the complete set of comments and NGO proposals, please click here (pdf).
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