EU LAUNCHES NANO-SILVER PROBE
April 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union's Scientific Committee on Emerging and newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) has launched a probe into the environmental and health safety of nano-silver. The committee wants comments from interested parties and will accept them until June 4. Its note said: "Recent review papers suggest that nanosilver may not be hazardous to humans and may result in low internal exposure. However, data are insufficient to carry out a full risk assessment." As a result, the European Commission wants it to assess these potential ...
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