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

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, Antreas Afantitis, Georgia Melagraki, Edmund C. M. Tse, Josh Trump, Yvonne Kohl and Igor Linkov
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Benjamin D. Trump: US Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Dalila Antunes: Factor Social Lda.
José Palma-Oliveira: Factor Social Lda.
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

Environment Systems and Decisions, 2024, vol. 44, issue 1, 177-188

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Safety-by-design; Nanomaterial; Risk governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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